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Development of High Reliable Optimization System for Asteroid Deflection Missions

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K15210
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 24010:Aerospace engineering-related
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

Yamaguchi Kohei  名古屋大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (30808613)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywordsnear-Earth asteroid / trajectory optimization / kinetic impactor / gravity tractor / asteroid deflection / artificial halo orbit / 地球接近小天体 / 小天体衝突機 / 重力トラクタ / プラネタリーディフェンス / 小惑星衝突回避 / 軌道最適化 / 軌道制御 / 最適制御理論 / 姿勢制御 / スペースガード / 宇宙推進システム / 軌道力学
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では,人類にとって深刻な災害の一つである小惑星の地球衝突問題に対して,その軌道を変更し,地球への衝突確率を最も低減させる最適なミッションの設計システムを確立する.まず取り組むのは,宇宙機を小惑星に衝突させる手法の研究であり,全く新しい発想で衝突効果の最大化を行う.次に取り組む,大質量の宇宙機が持つ万有引力で小惑星を牽引する手法では,宇宙機構造と制御則を同時に最適化し,特殊な軌道を導入した複数宇宙機による同時牽引を達成する.最後に,これまでの研究内容を取りまとめ,小惑星の地球衝突確率の低減という新たな尺度でミッション全体を最適化するシステムとして確立させる.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Methods to deflect Earth-threatening asteroids from Earth collision routes were investigated. For a kinetic impactor that impacts the asteroid with hypervelocity, a trajectory optimization method that effectively increases the impact-geometry was proposed. The impact-geometry is defined by the velocity vectors at the impact and the achievable deflection distance is proportional to the impact-geometry. The proposed method can increase the deflection distance without increasing the impact speed.
For the gravity tractor which tows the asteroid by using the gravitational interaction between the asteroid and spacecraft, putting the spacecraft into an artificial halo orbit (AHO) was proposed. Since a spacecraft in an AHO moves circularly in a plane that is perpendicular to the towing direction of the asteroid, multiple spacecraft can be used for towing. Equations of motion and laws to control the spacecraft in AHOs were proposed. The effectiveness of the proposed law was numerically shown.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

天体の衝突災害は地球規模の問題であり,研究の社会的意義は非常に大きい.衝突機の速度ベクトルの幾何関係が定義するimpact-geometryの増大を行う軌道設計手法は独自のものであり,学術的に重要である.得られた成果である速度の大きさの抑制と軌道変更距離の増大の両立は,ミッション全体の成功率を改善するものであり,意義は大きい.重力トラクタにおいて導いた運動方程式は人工ハロー軌道にある宇宙機制御に特化したものである.ハロー軌道の維持,ハロー軌道間の遷移という2つの制御則の有効性を架空の牽引ミッションを通して示されており,小天体の軌道変更の研究分野に対するインパクトは十分である.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Orbital dynamics of gravity tractor spacecraft employing artificial halo orbit2022

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Kohei、Park Ji Hyun、Gu Xinbo、Inamori Takaya
    • Journal Title

      Acta Astronautica

      Volume: 198 Pages: 376-387

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.06.009

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Study on ballistic kinetic impactor mission design and evaluation using impact-geometry maps2021

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Kohei、Gu Xinbo、Inamori Takaya、Kimura Kahaku、Sakurai Yuto
    • Journal Title

      Acta Astronautica

      Volume: 181 Pages: 336-351

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.01.027

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report 2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Highly Effective Kinetic Impact Design for Asteroid Deflection Missions Exploiting Impact-Geometry Maps2020

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Kohei、Hayama Ryo、Miyata Kikuko、Hara Susumu
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

      Volume: 43 Issue: 6 Pages: 1082-1098

    • DOI

      10.2514/1.g004867

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Orbital maneuvering of electric solar wind sail based on an advanced solar wind force model2020

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Kohei、Miyata Kikuko
    • Journal Title

      Acta Astronautica

      Volume: 166 Pages: 417-430

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.10.001

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 小天体の軌道形状がImpact-Geometry Mapを用いた衝突機の軌道設計手法の効果に与える影響2023

    • Author(s)
      山口皓平
    • Organizer
      2022年度 プラネタリーディフェンスシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Impact-Geometry解析に基づく小惑星衝突機の最適軌道設計手法の提案2022

    • Author(s)
      山口 皓平, Gu Xinbo, 田口 真也, 稲守 孝哉
    • Organizer
      第66回 宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Dynamics and Control for Spacecraft using Solar Sail in Displaced Orbit around Asteroid2022

    • Author(s)
      顧 新博, 山口 皓平, 稲守 孝哉
    • Organizer
      第66回 宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] On Orbital Dynamics of Gravity Tractor Spacecraft Exploiting Artificial Halo Orbit2022

    • Author(s)
      K. Yamaguchi, Ji Hyn, Park, X. Gu, T. Inamori
    • Organizer
      33th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Impact-Geometry Mapを利用した 小惑星衝突機の軌道設計に関する研究2022

    • Author(s)
      山口皓平
    • Organizer
      プラネタリーディフェンス・シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Impact-Geometry Mapを応用した小惑星衝突機の軌道設計手法に関する研究2021

    • Author(s)
      山口皓平, Gu Xinbo, 木村佳伯,稲守孝哉
    • Organizer
      第65回宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Kinetic Impactorの効果増大のためのスラストタイミング最適化2021

    • Author(s)
      木村圭伯,山口皓平,稲守孝也,Gu Xinbo
    • Organizer
      第65回宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A Trajectory Optimization Method of Kinetic Impactor for Asteroid Deflection Exploiting Impact-Geometry Map2021

    • Author(s)
      顧新博,山口皓平,稲守孝哉 名古屋大学
    • Organizer
      第65回宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Effective Trajectory Optimization Method for Kinetic Impactor for Asteroid Deflection Missions2020

    • Author(s)
      K. Yamaguchi, X. Gu, T. Inamori, K. Miyata
    • Organizer
      71th International Astronautical Congress, Cyberspace Edition
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Trajectory Design Method of Spacecraft as a Kinetic Impactor for Asteroid Deflection Exploiting Impact-Geometry Maps2020

    • Author(s)
      顧 新博,山口 皓平,稲守 孝哉
    • Organizer
      第64回宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Impact-Geometry Maps; Visualization of Kinetic Impact Effectiveness for Asteroid Deflection Missions2020

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Kohei, Hayama Ryo, Miyata Kikuko, Hara Susumu
    • Organizer
      SciTech 2020
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effective Trajectory Optimization Method for Kinetic Impactor for Asteroid Deflection Missions2020

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Kohei, Miyata Kikuko, Inamori Takaya
    • Organizer
      71st INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS (IAC)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Impact Geometry Mapの応用によるKinetic Impactorの高効率衝突軌道設計手法に関する研究2019

    • Author(s)
      山口皓平,羽山諒,宮田喜久子,原進
    • Organizer
      第63回 宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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