Design and performance of low-energy orbits for the exploration of Enceladus

The icy moons are in the focus of the exploration plans of the leading space agencies because of the indications of water-based life and geological activity observed in a number of these objects. In particular, the presence of geyser-like jets of water near Enceladus' south pole has turned this...

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Main Authors: Fantino, E., Salazar, F. J. T., Alessi, E. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: arXiv 2020
Subjects:
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP
Chaotic Dynamics nlin.CD
FOS Physical sciences
70F15, 70F07
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2002.01672
https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.01672
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spelling ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.2002.01672 2023-05-15T18:22:27+02:00 Design and performance of low-energy orbits for the exploration of Enceladus Fantino, E. Salazar, F. J. T. Alessi, E. M. 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2002.01672 https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.01672 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2020.105393 arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP Chaotic Dynamics nlin.CD FOS Physical sciences 70F15, 70F07 article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2002.01672 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2020.105393 2022-03-10T16:05:47Z The icy moons are in the focus of the exploration plans of the leading space agencies because of the indications of water-based life and geological activity observed in a number of these objects. In particular, the presence of geyser-like jets of water near Enceladus' south pole has turned this moon of Saturn into a priority candidate to search for life and habitability features. This investigation proposes a set of trajectories between Halo orbits about Lagrangian points L1 and L2 in the Saturn-Enceladus Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem as science orbits for a future in situ mission at Enceladus. The design methodology is presented, followed by the analysis of the observational performance of the solutions. The conclusion is that the proposed orbits exhibit suitable features for their use in the scientific exploration of Enceladus, i.e., long transfer times, low altitudes, wide surface visibility windows and long times of overflight. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) South Pole
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Chaotic Dynamics nlin.CD
FOS Physical sciences
70F15, 70F07
spellingShingle Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP
Chaotic Dynamics nlin.CD
FOS Physical sciences
70F15, 70F07
Fantino, E.
Salazar, F. J. T.
Alessi, E. M.
Design and performance of low-energy orbits for the exploration of Enceladus
topic_facet Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP
Chaotic Dynamics nlin.CD
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70F15, 70F07
description The icy moons are in the focus of the exploration plans of the leading space agencies because of the indications of water-based life and geological activity observed in a number of these objects. In particular, the presence of geyser-like jets of water near Enceladus' south pole has turned this moon of Saturn into a priority candidate to search for life and habitability features. This investigation proposes a set of trajectories between Halo orbits about Lagrangian points L1 and L2 in the Saturn-Enceladus Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem as science orbits for a future in situ mission at Enceladus. The design methodology is presented, followed by the analysis of the observational performance of the solutions. The conclusion is that the proposed orbits exhibit suitable features for their use in the scientific exploration of Enceladus, i.e., long transfer times, low altitudes, wide surface visibility windows and long times of overflight.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Fantino, E.
Salazar, F. J. T.
Alessi, E. M.
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Salazar, F. J. T.
Alessi, E. M.
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title Design and performance of low-energy orbits for the exploration of Enceladus
title_short Design and performance of low-energy orbits for the exploration of Enceladus
title_full Design and performance of low-energy orbits for the exploration of Enceladus
title_fullStr Design and performance of low-energy orbits for the exploration of Enceladus
title_full_unstemmed Design and performance of low-energy orbits for the exploration of Enceladus
title_sort design and performance of low-energy orbits for the exploration of enceladus
publisher arXiv
publishDate 2020
url https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2002.01672
https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.01672
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