AEROSPACE SHANGHAI, Volume. 41, Issue 6, 46(2024)

Potential Gain of Quasi-eccentric Collision on the Kinetic Impact Orbit Deflection in Planetary Defense Missions

Kin Thong LEE* and Zhaokui WANG
Author Affiliations
  • School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing100083, China
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    Figures & Tables(15)
    Various levels of the Torino scale
    Schematic diagram of impacting an asteroid’s surface
    Schematic diagram of the COGs (blue) and BIPs (red) under different interception angles
    Thermodynamic diagrams of the velocity changes generated by each impact surface under three different attitudes when the interception angle is 5.22°
    Calculation process for a small celestial body kinetic energy impact mission
    Three-dimensional launch window of Apophis
    Projection of the launch window of Apophis on the deflection distance-launch date plane
    Projection of the launch window of Apophis on the impact date-launch date plane
    Best transfer orbit
    Frequency distribution of ΔvApophis with 100 000 samples in the Apophis orbital coordinate (upper figures are for the BIP strategy, while lower ones are for the COG strategy)
    Distribution of the deflection distance with 100 000 samples
    • Table 1. Forecast results of Apophis close-approach to earth events

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      Table 1. Forecast results of Apophis close-approach to earth events

      预报结果DE441星历表高精度轨道模型
      近地时刻(TDB)2029年4月13日21:46±00:012029年4月13日21:45
      近地距离/km38 011.2038 009.72
    • Table 2. Optimal launch window of Apophis and its resulting effects

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      Table 2. Optimal launch window of Apophis and its resulting effects

      参量结果
      发射日期2019年7月6日
      打击日期2020年5月16日
      速度改变量/(mm·s-1)2.90
      偏转距离/km1 077.86
      拦截角α/(°)5.22
    • Table 3. Heliocentric velocity vectors of the spacecraft and Apophis at the impacting moment

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      Table 3. Heliocentric velocity vectors of the spacecraft and Apophis at the impacting moment

      速度矢量x分量/ (km·s-1)

      y分量/

      (km·s-1)

      z分量/

      (km·s-1)

      模/

      (km·s-1)

      航天器5.51-26.74-11.3529.56
      Apophis7.03-24.48-8.9226.99
      相对速度-1.52-2.26-2.433.65
    • Table 4. Comparison of the results obtained by the COG and BIP strategies

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      Table 4. Comparison of the results obtained by the COG and BIP strategies

      打击类型

      切向速度改变量

      Δvt/(mm·s-1)

      偏转距离/km
      平均值标准差平均值标准差
      BIP2.400.091 328.5748.61
      COG1.670.04923.59273.29
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    Received: Jan. 26, 2024

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    Published Online: Mar. 7, 2025

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    DOI:10.19328/j.cnki.2096-8655.2024.06.006

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