Check out the latest progress of the CRADLE project presented at the 31st JAXA Workshop on Flight Mechanics and Astrodynamics.
Abstract
In the context of future asteroid exploration missions, within the MSCA CRADLE project in collaboration between Politecnico di Milano and JAXA, we envision the possibility to perform in-orbit collection. In this work, we analyse the dynamical behaviour of ejecta following the impact of a small kinetic impactor in the context of the circular restricted three-body problem. We consider the effect of the impact location, alongside a statistical distribution of the initial ejecta plume. The examined mission concept exploits the passage of particles through the L2 gap. We give specific attention to the fate of that ejecta that pass through the L2 gap with conditions that allow their capture. The characteristics of the impact coupled with this condition allow studying the feasibility of such a solution. Finally, we present an application to the specific case of asteroid Ryugu.
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