Quasi-periodic orbits of small solar sails with time-varying attitude around Earth–Moon libration points

作     者：Toshihiro Chujo Toshihiro Chujo

作者机构：Department of Mechanical EngineeringSchool of EngineeringTokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo152-8550Japan 

出 版 物：《Astrodynamics》 (航天动力学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第8卷第1期

页      面：161-174页

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学科分类：07[理学] 0701[理学-数学] 070101[理学-基础数学] 

基　　金：supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  KAKENHI 

主　　题：solar sail libration point orbit Earth-Moon system circular restricted three-body problem(CR3BP) 

摘      要：This paper proposes new quasi-periodic orbits around Earth–Moon collinear libration points using solar *** including the time-varying sail orientation in the linearized equations of motion for the circular restricted three-body problem(CR3BP),four types of quasi-periodic orbits(two types around L1 and two types around L2)were *** them,one type of orbit around L2 realizes a considerably small geometry variation while ensuring visibility from the Earth if(and only if)the sail acceleration due to solar radiation pressure is approximately of a certain magnitude,which is much smaller than that assumed in several previous *** means that only small solar sails can remain in the vicinity of L2 for a long time without propellant *** orbits designed in the linearized CR3BP can be translated into nonlinear CR3BP and high-fidelity ephemeris models without losing geometrical *** this study,new quasi-periodic orbits are formulated,and their characteristics are ***,their extendibility to higher-fidelity dynamic models was verified using numerical examples.