Abstract
The existence and dynamical properties of artificial equilibria for solar sails in the elliptical restricted threebody problem is investigated.We show that planar two-dimensional equilibrium curves exist, embedded in threedimensional space, in a nonuniformly rotating, pulsating coordinate system. However, due to the stretching of the system plane coordinates and unstretching of the out-of-plane coordinate, the equilibrium surfaces do not exist in the three-dimensional elliptical restricted three-body system. Control in the neighborhood of an equilibrium point is investigated through a pole assignment scheme. This permits practical out-of-plane equilibria in elliptical three-body systems with small eccentricity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 538-543 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2006 |
Keywords
- solar sails
- control systems
- dynamic systems
- equilibrium curves
- pole assignment scheme