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B-Plane Resonant Flybys: Theory Extension to Elliptical Orbits and Dynamic Programming Application

Colombo, Camilla; Campiti, Giulio; Masat, Alessandro

A convenient formalism for the design of resonant flyby trajectories is the B-plane, where postencounter orbits with target resonance conditions or semimajor axes can be analytically mapped. This framework has been developed by many authors starting from the classical Öpik's theory for close encounters, but it still relies on the approximation of …