COUPLED ORBIT-ATTITUDE MOTION OF ASTEROID HOPPING ROVER BY CONSIDERING ROUGH TERRAINS

Tongge Wen, Ziwen Li, Yonglong Zhang, Kyle T. Alfriend, Yang Yu, Xiangyuan Zeng

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Abstract

This paper presents a numerical methodology to investigate the coupled orbit-attitude motion of a rover under the unilateral constraint of asteroid terrains. A newly rocky polyhedral model is generated by considering the complex surface terrains with rocks and boulders. The coupled attitude-orbit dynamics are discussed in terms of 6 DOF orbital, surface, and collision motion. The interaction between the rover and the rocky polyhedral model is performed by directly integrating the dynamical equations. To evaluate the effectiveness of the method, a hypothetical deployment case on the asteroid 101955 Bennu is carried out with its application to a spheroid rover. The influence of terrains is investigated by comparing the trajectories involving the original polyhedral model with the rocky model.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationASTRODYNAMICS 2020
EditorsRoby S. Wilson, Jinjun Shan, Kathleen C. Howell, Felix R. Hoots
PublisherUnivelt Inc.
Pages1509-1523
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9780877036753
Publication statusPublished - 2021
EventAAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 9 Aug 202012 Aug 2020

Publication series

NameAdvances in the Astronautical Sciences
Volume175
ISSN (Print)0065-3438

Conference

ConferenceAAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2020
CityVirtual, Online
Period9/08/2012/08/20

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