Application of Dynamical Systems Theory to a Very Low Energy Transfer

Ross, S. D., W. S. Koon, M. W. Lo, and J. E. Marsden

14th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Conference, Maui, Hawaii, (2004), 1-13

Abstract:

We use lobe dynamics in the restricted three-body problem to design orbits with prescribed itineraries with respect to the resonance regions within a Hill's region. The application we envision is the design of a low energy trajectory to orbit three of Jupiter's moons using the patched three-body approximation. We introduce the "switching region," the P2BA analogue to the "sphere of influence."