@Article{WinterVieiPrad:2003:OrMaUs,
               author = "Winter, Othon Cabo and Vieira-Neto, Ernesto and Prado, Antonio 
                         Fernando Bertachini de Almeida",
          affiliation = "UNESP and UNESP and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 
                         (INPE)}",
                title = "Orbital maneuvers using gravitational capture times",
              journal = "Advances in Space Research",
                 year = "2003",
               volume = "31",
               number = "8",
                pages = "2005--2010",
                month = "April",
             keywords = "orbital maneuvers, gravitational capture times, artificial 
                         satellites.",
             abstract = "Artificial satellites around the Earth can be temporarily captured 
                         by the Moon via gravitational mechanisms. How long the capture 
                         remains depends on the phase space region where the trajectory is 
                         located. This interval of time (capture time) ranges from less 
                         than one day (a single passage), up to 500 days, or even more. 
                         Orbits of longer times might be very useful for certain types of 
                         missions. The advantage of the ballistic capture is to save fuel 
                         consumption in an orbit transference from around the Earth to 
                         around the Moon. Some of the impulse needed in the transference is 
                         saved by the use of the gravitational forces involved. However, 
                         the time needed for the transference is elongated from days to 
                         months. In the present work we have mapped a significant part of 
                         the phase space of the Earth-Moon system, determining the length 
                         of the capture times and the origin of the trajectory, if it comes 
                         from the Earth direction, or from the opposite direction. Using 
                         such map we present a set of missions considering the utilization 
                         of the long capture times.",
                  doi = "10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00176-5",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00176-5",
                 issn = "0273-1177",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "1-s2.0-S0273117703001765-main.pdf",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00176-5",
        urlaccessdate = "04 maio 2024"
}