Solar Radiation Pressure–Compatible Trajectories in the Vicinity of a Binary Asteroid

What is it about?

The bodies of a binary asteroid system have small masses and irregular shapes. In the vicinity of such a system, perturbations, like the Solar Radiation Pressure (SRP), can not be neglected when designing spacecraft trajectories. This paper shows how to integrate the SRP in the design of the trajectory of a spacecraft in that context, especially about the L1 Lagrangian point of the system.

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