Independent Study (Computational Astro Project) for Spring 2022

This material can be found online at URL

http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys493/phys493.html

Meeting times this semester:


    Mon,   3 PM - 4 PM     CAR-1274   or  Zoom  
    Thu,   noon - 1 PM     CAR-1274   or  Zoom

This webpage collects together a number of resources that we'll use throughout this independent study project.

Zoom link for our regular meeting time.
Resources
- JPL Horizons web application
- Examples of computing forces on a solar sail
- Computing forces on a tilted sail
- Principles of Solar Sailing by Richard Reiber. This is a copy; the original is at U of Colorado
- Mathematical model of the solar radiation force and torques acting on the components of a spacecraft by R. M. Georgevic. This is a copy; the original can be found at a NASA site.
- Solar Sails -A Realistic Propulsion for Spacecraft by Mgr. Urbanczyk. This is a copy; the original can be found at a NASA site.
- Solar sailing : technology, dynamics, and mission applications by Colin Robert McInnes. On reserve in RIT Library.
- Optimal solar sail transfers between Halo orbits of different Sun-planet systems by Heiligers, Mingotti and McInnes.
- Starship Sails Propelled by Cost-Optimized Directed Energy by James Benford. Read especially section 4 and Appendix B.

Deadlines for the course
- Initial Outline/Draft: Wed, Apr 27
- Final Paper: Tue, May 3

Notes from meetings this semester:

This page maintained by Michael Richmond.