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Rotating emission ring in binary systems.

Representation of rotating gaseous emission rings in eclipsing binary systems by periodic orbits around more massive component in restricted three-body problem

PERIODIC ORBIT↗

Systems analysis

Selenodesy experiment, data compression, Mars and Venus mass data, Earth-Moon mass ratio, orbits for three-body problem, and unbraked impact time for lunar landing mission - systems analyses

THREE-BODY PROBLEM↗

Seasonal Variations of the James Webb Space Telescope Orbital Dynamics

While spacecraft orbital variations due to the Earth's tilt and orbital eccentricity are well-known phenomena, the implications for the James Webb Space Telescope present unique features. We investigate the variability of the observatory trajectory characteristics, and present an explanation of some of these effects using invariant manifold theory and local approximation of the dynamics in terms of the restricted three-body problem.

launch windows↗

Theory of Orbits.

Book on theory of orbits covering restricted problem of three bodies, two bodies in rotating coordinate system and periodic orbits

LIBRATIONAL MOTION↗

Flyby Design Using Heteroclinic and Homoclinic Connections of Unstable Resonant Orbits

Tour designs using flybys have traditionally been studied using two-body patched conic methods. Previous work has shown that trajectories designed using these techniques and with optimization methods follow the invariant manifolds of unstable resonant orbits as they transition between resonances. This work is continued here by computing heteroclinic and homoclinic trajectories associated with these unstable resonant orbits. These trajectories are used with multiple resonances to design flybys that transition between these resonances in the circular restricted three-body problem without the need for two-body approximations.

three body problem↗