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A statistical study has been carried out of the availability of favourable ight opportunities to near-Earth asteroids with orbits similar to the Earth's. Emphasis is given to rendezvous-type mission proÿles employing two-burn impulsive transfers. Velocity-optimized Lambert trajectories for a sample of 27 actual objects were calculated and compiled in a database. The velocity and ight time statistics of the resulting 1200 di erent solutions covering a period of 11 years have been investigated and discussed. Comparison with typical ight proÿles to the Moon and near planets has revealed ight opportunities to 5 objects within a decade from the present requiring less V than favourable ight opportunities to Mars or Venus. One of the objects involved, 1999 AO10, can be rendezvoused with using a total velocity increment that is smaller than that required to establish a lunar orbiter. The use of slow ybys for the most scientiÿcally appealing targets is illustrated through an example trajectory involving the C-class binary object 1996 FG3. The challenges and opportunities for doing science in proximity to such small objects are also discussed.
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- Author
- Apostolos A Christou
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0032-0633)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)