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A method for capturing asteroids into earth satellite orbits

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At present, the capture of a suitable asteroid into an Earth satellite orbit is proposed as one of the methods for investigating asteroids within the framework of manned missions. Once the asteroid has been transferred to such an orbit, an expedition with the participation of astronauts is planned to the asteroid surface, where research is carried out and asteroid rock samples are selected and subsequently delivered to the Earth. It is in this way that the American Keck project is described at the current planning and preliminary design stage. In this paper, we solve the capture problem by a method alternative to that planned in the Keck project.

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  1. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    A. A. Ledkov, N. A. Eismont, R. R. Nazirov & M. N. Boyarsky

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Ledkov, N.A. Eismont, R.R. Nazirov, M.N. Boyarsky, 2015, published in Pis’ma v Astronomicheskiĭ Zhurnal, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 8, pp. 482–489.

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Ledkov, A.A., Eismont, N.A., Nazirov, R.R. et al. A method for capturing asteroids into earth satellite orbits. Astron. Lett. 41, 442–449 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063773715080058

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