It was observed that the Galileo space craft reached the point of its trajectory 2800*km 2800+km closet to Io, a moon of the planet Jupiter, it was at a distance of 2820 km from the center of Io and had a velocity of 15km/s. Knowing that the mass of Io is 0.01496 times the mass of the earth, determine the eccentricity of the trajectory of the spacecraft as it approached Io. SOLUTION For earth, GMe = gR2 = (9.81)(6.37 x 106)2 = 398.06 x 1012 m3/s2 For Io, GMi = 0.01496 x GMe = 0.01496 x 398.06 x 1012 m3/s2 = 5.955 x 1012 m3/s2 3 3 42 109 m2/s h = rovo = (2820 2800 x 10 )(15 x 10 ) = 42.3x
12.117 PROBLEM 12.135 A space shuttle is describing a circular orbit at an altitude of 560 563 km above the surface of the earth. As it passes through point A, it fires its 150 m/s and engine for a short interval of time to reduce its speed by 152 begin its descent toward the earth. Determine the angle AOB so that the altitude of the shuttle at point B is 120 121 km. (Hint. Point A is the apogee of the elliptic descent orbit.)
SOLUTION gR 2
GM
9.81 6.37 106
2
398.06 1012 m3/s 2
rA
6370
560 563
6930 6933 km
6.930 6.933
106 m
rB
6370
120 121
6490 6491 km
6.490 6.491
106 m
For the circular orbit through point A, 398.06 1012 6.930 106 6.933