Lecturer: Guy Marcus
Credits: Dr. Guy Marcus | MERHAV Award Seminar
Location: Classroom 165, ground floor, Library, Aerospace Eng., June 19, 2023
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Affiliation: Department of Aerospace Engineering
Institute: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Abstract:
The interest in the Martian system has increased over the past decades, as more studies indicate that Mars was once habitable and may preserve subsurface lakes. In this research, we focused on the dynamics around Mars and the Martian Moons. In this talk, we will discuss three endeavours taken for modelling and analysing different regions in the Martian system. One region is beyond the radii of the Martian moons. This is the first study to model the long-term dynamics in such an environment. The second region is low Mars orbits. In this region, we focused on establishing long-term bounded satellite formation flying around Mars. The third region is the vicinity of the Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos. Studying the dynamics nearby the Martian moons can provide important information on the evolution of science orbits for Martian moon exploration. In that context, we focused on finding the exact location of the liberation points adjacent to the moons – where potential exploration spacecraft can reside in a stable position or a periodic orbit.
Comments: Light refreshments will be served before the lecture or complexities.
