Here, we study the dynamical effects of the solar radiation pressure (SRP) on a spacecraftthat will survey the near-Earth rotating asteroid (101955) Bennu when the projected shadowis accounted for. The spacecraft's motion ...

Terrestrial solar power is severely limited by the diurnal day–night cycle. To overcome these limitations, a Solar Power Satellite (SPS) system, consisting of a space mirror and a microwave energy generator-transmitter in ...

The dynamics of orbits around planetary satellites, taking into account the gravitational attraction of a third-body and the non -uniform distribution of mass of the planetary satellite, is studied. The Hamiltonian considered ...

Recent data processing showed the existence of a difference that can reach 25 per cent for the dimensions of asteroid (216) Kleopatra between the radar observations and the light curves. We rebuild the shape of (216) ...

In this study, we study the dynamics of particles around Bennu. The goal is to understand the stability, evolution, and final outcome of the simulated particles around the asteroid. According to the results, the particle ...

One of the techniques used in the past decade to determine the shape with a good accuracy and estimate certain physical features (volume, mass, moments of inertia) of asteroids is the polyhedral model method. We rebuild ...

This work presents a semi-analytical and numerical study of the perturbation caused in a spacecraft by a third-body using a double averaged analytical model with the disturbing function expanded in Legendre polynomials up ...

Recent observations of stellar occultations have revealed rings of particles around non-planetary bodies of the Solar system. These bodies are irregular and can be modelled by ellipsoids. In the context of numerical ...