This prizewinning PhD thesis presents a general discussion of the orbital motion close to solar system small bodies (SSSBs), which induce non-central asymmetric gravitational fields in their neighborhoods. It introduces the methods of qualitative theory in nonlinear dynamics to the study of local/global behaviors around SSSBs. Detailed mechanical models are employed throughout this dissertation, and specific numeric techniques are developed to compensate for the difficulties of directly analyzing. Applying this method, several target systems, like asteroid 216 Kleopatra, are explored in great detail, and the results prove to be both revealing and pervasive for a large group of SSSBs.
ISBN: | 9783662526910 |
Publication date: | 31st May 2016 |
Author: | Yang Yu |
Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 123 pages |
Series: | Springer Theses |
Genres: |
Astrophysics Cybernetics and systems theory Astronautics Computer modelling and simulation Classical mechanics Optical physics Aerospace and aviation technology |