Access publications and presentations relating to Stardust research on asteroid and space debris

Slides from technical lectures:

• Invited lecture at the 2012 Edinburgh Science Festival on Plans and Prospects for Asteroid Deflection
• Invited talk to the Dundee Astronomical Society on Travelling in Space on a Shoe String
• Technical presentation at the International Workshop on Uncertainty Quantification and Design Optimization on Evidence-Based Robust Optimisation Applied to Space System Engineering
• Light Touch² Final Review at ESA/ESTEC, Experimental Characterisation of the Thrust Induced by Laser Ablation
• Technical presentation at the Planetary Defense Conference on LightTouch2: A Laser-based Solution for the Deflection, Manipulation

Publications

Journal papers and conference proceedings:

• A special perturbation method in orbital dynamics, Peláez, J., Hedo, J. M., and de Andréz, P. R., Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 97(2):131–150, 2007. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10569-006-9056-3
• Analytical Solution of Optimal Feedback Control for Radially Accelerated Orbits, F. Topputo, A. Owis, F. Bernelli-Zazzera , Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 1352-1359, 2008 . dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.33720
• Asteroid deflection and exploitation: possible synergies, Sanchez Cuartielles JP, McInnes CR (2011), IAA Planetary Defense Conference, Protecting Earth from Asteroids: From threat to Action, Bucharest
• Asteroid families: I-Identification by hierarchical clustering and reliability assessment, Zappala, V., Cellino, A., Farinella, P., Knezevic, Z., 1990,  The Astronomical Journal, 100, pp. 2030-2046. dx.doi.org/10.1086/115658
• Chaotic transport and chronology of complex asteroid families, Novakovic, B., Tsiganis, K., Knezevic, Z., 2010, MNRAS, 402, pp. 1263-1272. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15970.x
• Comparison of single and multi-spacecraft configurations for NEA deflection by solar sublimation, Maddock C, Sanchez Cuartielles J-P, Vasile M, Radice G., New trends in Astrodynamics and Applications III Vol 886, No. 1, pp. 303-316 (2007)
• Conceptual Design of a Multi-Mirror System for Asteroid Deflection, Vasile M., Maddock C., Summerer L., 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 5-12 July 2009, Tsukuba, Japan
• Deflection of near-Earth asteroids by kinetic energy impacts from retrograde objects, McInnes, C.R. (2004), Planetary and Space Science, 52 (7), pp. 587-590. ISSN 0032-0633
• Design of a formation of solar pumped lasers for asteroid deflection, Vasile M, Maddock C, Advances in Space Research Vol 50, No. 7, pp. 891-905 (2012)
• Design of optimal spacecraft-asteroid formations through a hybrid global optimization approach, Maddock C, Vasile M, International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics Vol 1, No. 2, pp. 239-268 (2008)
• Designing the SSA NEO Segment, E. Perozzi, E. Bassano , M. Gloria, F. Pagano, L. Reboa, A. Milani, F. Bernardi, D. Farnocchia, G. B. Valsecchi, G. D'Abramo, R. Franco, G. Drolshagen, D. Koschny, Second Planetary Defence Conference, 2011
• Dynamics of ion-beam-propelled space debris, Bombardelli, C., Urrutxua, H., Merino, M., Ahedo, E., Pelaez, J, Olympio, J., International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, Brazil, 2011.
• Evolutionary Development of an Optimized Manipulator Arm Morphology for Manipulation and Rover Locomotion, A. Dettmann, M. Römmermann, F. Cordes, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011. dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181691
• Experimental analysis of laser ablated plumes for asteroid deflection and exploitation, Gibbings, A, Vasile M, Hopkins J-M, Burns D, Watson, I (2013), Acta Astronautica, 90 (1). pp. 85-97
• Families among high-inclination asteroids, Novakovic, B, Cellino, A, Knezevic, Z, 2011, Icarus, 216, pp. 69-81.
• Gravity Assist Space Pruning Based on Differential Algebra, R. Armellin, P. Di Lizia, F. Topputo, M. Lavagna, F. Bernelli-Zazzera, M. Berz, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 106, No. 1, pp. 1-24, January 2010
• Initial Performance Assessment of Hybrid Inflatable Structures, S.J.I. Walker, A.D. McDonald, T. Niki and G.S. Aglietti, Acta Astronautica, 68, (2011), pp. 1185-1192. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.10.009
• Light-touch² : a laser-based solution for the deflection, manipulation and exploitation of small asteroids, Vasile M, Vetrisano M, Gibbings A, Garcia Yarnoz D, Sanchez Cuartielles J-P, Hopkins J-M, Burns D, McInnes C, Colombo C, Branco J, Wayman A, Eckersley S (2013), IAA Planetary Defense Conference, 2013-04-15 - 2013-05-19, Flagstaff.
• Low-Thrust Mission Design to Impact Asteroid 2001-TW229 (IAC-06-C1.4.09), Cano JL, Mora MB, 57th International Astronautical Congress, Valencia, Spain, October 2006. dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.IAC-06-C1.4.09
• Mission Analysis for the Don Quijote Phase A Study (IAC-07-A3.5.08), JL Cano, M Sánchez, S Cornara, I Carnelli, 58th International Astronautical Congress, Hyderabad, India, September 2007.
• Modeling of Leg Soil Interaction using Genetic Algorithms, M. Römmermann, M. Ahmed, L. Quack, Y. Kassahun, International Conference of the International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems, 2011, Blacksburg, VA .
• NEOMiSS: A Near Earth Object Decision Support Tool, Norlund, C.C.F., Lewis, H.G., Atkinson, P.M., and Guo, J.Y., 2nd IAA Planetary Defense Conference, Bucharest, 10-13 May, 2011.
• On testing laser ablation processes for asteroid deflection, Gibbings A, Hopkins J-M, Burns D, Vasile M (2011), IAA Planetary Defense Conference, Protecting Earth from Asteroids: From threat to Action, 2011-05-09 - 2011-05-12, Bucharest.
• On the deflection of asteroids with mirrors, Vasile M, Maddock C, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy Vol 107, No. 1-2, pp. 265-284 (2010)
• On the uncertainty of the minimal distance between two confocal Keplerian orbits, Gronchi, G.F. and Tommei, G. , Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B 7/4, 755-778, 2007
• Optimal design for a NEO tracking spacecraft formation, Maddock C, Vasile M, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computing, Paper 1728 (2007)
• Optimal impact strategies for asteroid deflection, Vasile, M., Colombo, C. (2008), Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 31 (4). pp. 858-872.
• Optimal Trajectories for the Impulsive Deflection of NEOs, Izzo, D., Bourdoux, A., Walker, R., Ongaro, F., Acta Astronautica, 59(1-5), pp. 294-300, 2006. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.02.002
• Orbit determination with the two-body integrals, Gronchi, G.F., Dimare, L., Milani, A., Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy , Vol. 107/3, pp. 299-318 (2010).
• Physical characterization of the potentially-hazardous high-albedo Asteroid (33342) 1998 WT₂₄ from thermal-infrared observations, Harris, A., Mueller, M., Delbo, M., Bus, S., (2006), Icarus: Int. Journal of Solar System Studies 188, pp. 414-424.
• PROBA-IP: An ESA Technology, Demonstration Mission Targeted to Apophis, G Bellei, JL Cano, M Sánchez , 1st IAA Planetary Defence Conference, Granada, 2009.
• Radar observation of impact craters using COSMO-SkyMed, L. Pietranera, A. Coletta, E. Perozzi, M. Di Martino, EPSC Abstracts, 2010
• Regions of stability in rotational dynamics, Celletti A., Voyatzis G., Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 107, Issue 1, 101-113 (2010)
• Risk of collision for constellation satellites, Rossi, Valsecchi and Farinella, Nature, 399, 1999. dx.doi.org/10.1038/21565
• Rotational break up as the origin of binary asteroids, Walsh, K.J., Richardson, D.C., Michel, P., 2008, Nature 454, 188-191.
• Satellite Control Using Rational Agent Programming, L. Dennis, M. Fisher, A. Lisitsa, N.K. Lincoln, S.M. Veres, IEEE Intelligent Systems Magazine, May/June 2010 (Vol 5, No 3) pp. 92-97.
• Screening the Collision Risk of the Iridium 33-Cosmos 2251 Clouds, Rossi and Valsecchi, European Space Surveillance Conference Proceedings, 2011.
• Some properties of the dumbbell satellite attitude dynamics, Celletti A., Sidorenko V., Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 101, pp. 105-126 (2008) . dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10569-008-9122-0