Passive sorting of asteroid material using solar radiation pressure
Garcia Yarnoz, Daniel and Sanchez Cuartielles, Joan-Pau and McInnes, Colin (2014) Passive sorting of asteroid material using solar radiation pressure. Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 37 (4). pp. 1223-1235. ISSN 1533-3884 (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.62412)
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Abstract
Understanding dust dynamics in the vicinity of asteroids is key for future science missions and, in the long-term, for asteroid exploitation. This paper analyses the feasibility of manipulating asteroid material by means of solar radiation pressure. A novel method is proposed for passively sorting material as a function of its grain size or density, where solar radiation pressure is used as a passive in-situ ‘mass spectrometer’. A simplified analysis shows that in principle this method allows an effective sorting of regolith material. This could have immediate applications for a sample return mission, and for industrial scale in-situ resource utilization to separate and concentrate regolith according to particle size or composition.
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Item type: Article ID code: 46556 Dates: DateEventJuly 2014Published28 March 2014Published Online23 September 2013AcceptedNotes: First Author Owns Copyright Keywords: asteroid exploitation, asteroid resource utilisation, solar radiation pressure, near Earth asteroids, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Subjects: Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery
Technology > Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. AstronauticsDepartment: Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Technology and Innovation Centre > Advanced Engineering and ManufacturingDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 23 Jan 2014 13:41 Last modified: 05 Jan 2024 19:39 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/46556