Moon Sitter mission for observation of the lunar poles

• Main Authors: SGUBINI S, PORFILI S, CIRCI, Christian
• Other Authors: -, Sgubini, S, Porfili, S, Circi, Christian
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Circular restricted three-body problem; Continuous observation; Earth-Moon system; North Pole; Sitter
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/331905

The Moon Sitter Mission provides a continuous observation of one of the Moon poles. Solar sails can produce equilibrium solutions which can be used so as to accomplish the Moon Sitter mission. In order to perform this mission the dynamics of the Earth-Moon system are investigated when a solar sail s...