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- Title
Coverage of Mars by Probes Slightly Off the Areostationary Orbit.
- Authors
Colella, Elena; Ortore, Emiliano; Circi, Christian; Condoleo, Ennio
- Abstract
This paper aims at investigating the feasibility of gaining complete and continuous coverage of an extended equatorial belt of Mars, under the effects of orbital perturbations. The problem could be solved by considering a minimum number of three probes, which move slightly off the Martian Areostationary Orbit. The proposed configurations allow the achievement of the goal without entailing corrective manoeuvres and presenting only a longitudinal motion with respect to the surface of Mars.
- Subjects
MARS (Planet); MARS' orbit; SATELLITES of Mars; MARTIAN exploration; RESONANCE effect
- Publication
Earth, Moon & Planets, 2017, Vol 120, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
0167-9295
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11038-017-9504-y