Using dummy spacecraft to gravitational control of flights asteroids-a mathematical model
- Paper number
IAC-06-C1.3.08
- Author
Mr. Navid Maghsoudi, Iranian Space Agency, Iran
- Coauthor
Mr. Khashayar Aavani, Iranian Space Agency, Iran
- Year
2006
- Abstract
Several methods proposed for anti-asteroid protection of the Earth, gravitational control of the flights of asteroids by a group of dummy spacecrafts is the most secure and environmentally safe. In this method, a threatening asteroid is escorted by a system of dummy spacecrafts controlled from the Earth. Calculations have shown that five such spacecrafts forming a chain can shift considerably the center of the asteroid mass and thereby change its trajectory. For multiple corrections of the flight of an asteroid, several “parades” of its dummy spacecrafts are necessary. In this work, we consider three techniques of a controlled deviation of the dangerous space body path from the original path. These techniques are environmentally clean and safe in contrast with the technique based on using the nuclear explosion devices. The agenda of present work to achieve the mathematical model as follows: 1. The Spacecraft Technique of Asteroid Deflection 2. Asteroid Deflection with the Aid of Gravitational Riders 3. The Shift of the Asteroid Pressure Center by Sun Sails
- Abstract document
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