Melnikov method for non-conservative perturbations of the restricted three-body problem

DOI10.1007/S10569-021-10059-ZzbMATH Open1490.70033arXiv2104.02202OpenAlexW4206816011MaRDI QIDQ2073333FDOQ2073333

Maxwell Musser, Rafael de la Llave, Marian Gidea

Publication date: 1 February 2022

Published in: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the planar circular restricted three-body problem (PCRTBP), as a model for the motion of a spacecraft relative to the Earth-Moon system. We focus on the Lagrange equilibrium points $L_1$ and $L_2$. There are families of Lyapunov periodic orbits around either $L_1$ or $L_2$, forming Lyapunov manifolds. There also exist homoclinic orbits to the Lyapunov manifolds around either $L_1$ or $L_2$, as well as heteroclinic orbits between the Lyapunov manifold around $L_1$ and the one around $L_2$. The motion along the homoclinic/heteroclinic orbits can be described via the scattering map, which gives the future asymptotic of a homoclinic orbit as a function of the past asymptotic. In contrast with the more customary Melnikov theory, we do not need to assume that the asymptotic orbits have a special nature (periodic, quasi-periodic, etc.). We add a non-conservative, time-dependent perturbation, as a model for a thrust applied to the spacecraft for some duration of time, or for some other effect, such as solar radiation pressure. We compute the first order approximation of the perturbed scattering map, in terms of fast convergent integrals of the perturbation along homoclinic/heteroclinic orbits of the unperturbed system. As a possible application, this result can be used to determine the trajectory of the spacecraft upon using the thrust.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.02202

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zbMATH Keywords

three-body problemMelnikov methodastrodynamicshomoclinic and heteroclinic orbits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, normal forms, small divisors, KAM theory, Arnol'd diffusion (37J40) Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics (37N05) Three-body problems (70F07) Celestial mechanics (70F15) Homoclinic and heteroclinic trajectories for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K44)

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