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ORBITAL DYNAMICS IN THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OF SMALL BODIES IBD

SPRINGER
05 / 2018
9783662570708
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Sinopsis

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 directlyáanalyzing. Applying this method,áseveralátarget 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.á