Solar Sail Transfer Trajectory Design for Comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1 Rendezvous

The goal of this paper is to analyze the optimal transfer towards the periodic comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1 of a solar sail-based spacecraft. This periodic and active comet is an interesting and still unexplored small body that has been regarded as an object of the Centaurs group. In this work,...

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Published in:	Applied Sciences
Main Authors:	Alessandro A. Quarta, Karim Abu Salem, Giuseppe Palaia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Subjects:	solar sail comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1 optimal heliocentric transfer preliminary trajectory design
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/17/9590