"halo orbit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: halo orbits [plural]
Etymology: First used by NASA mission specialist Robert W. Farquhar in 1966 for calculated orbits around the Earth-Moon L₂ point which required the use of thrusters to be made periodic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} halo orbit (plural halo orbits)
  1. (orbital mechanics) A periodic, three-dimensional orbit about any one of the Lagrange points L₁, L₂ or L₃ of a two-body gravitational system. Wikipedia link: Robert W. Farquhar, halo orbit Categories (topical): Lagrange points, Orbits Derived forms: quasi-halo orbit (alt: = quasi-periodic halo orbit) Related terms: Lissajous orbit, Lyapunov orbit Translations (type of orbit about a Lagrange point): orbite de halo [feminine] (French), Halo-Orbit [masculine] (German), orbita halo [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-halo_orbit-en-noun-HH53rbcG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Due to the strong hyperbolic character of the halo orbits, the stable manifold approaches the halo orbit in a very fast way. This fact means that if we are able to put the satellite in the stable manifold of a halo orbit, it will be close to the halo orbit (say at [a] few km) in a reasonable period of time.",
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          "text": "2013, Yuhui Zhao, Shoucun Hu, Xiyun Hou, Lin Liu, Chapter 39: On Nominal Formation Flying Orbit with a Small Solar System Body, Rongjun Shen, Weiping Qian (editors), Proceedings of the 26th Conference of Spacecraft TT&C Technology in China, Tsinghua University Press, Springer, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 187, page 395,\nIf the ratio of the amplitude in x-direction to γ₁ keeps unchanged (=0.155), the periods of halo orbits are almost the same (about 190 days). As a result of the stability of CRTBP and the dynamics of halo orbit formation, nominal halo orbits do not exist if the ratio is too large or too small."
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          "ref": "2013, Daniel García Yárnoz, Joan-Pau Sanchez, Colin R. McInnes, “Chapter 21: Opportunities for Asteroid Retrieval Missions”, in Viorel Badescu, editor, Asteroids: Prospective Energy and Material Resources, Springer, page 486",
          "text": "Thus, the minimum possible size for halo orbits in the Sun-Earth system is approximately (240 x 660) 10³ km at L₁ and (250 x 675) 10³ km at L₂, sizes denoting the maximum excursion from the libration point in the x and y directions respectively.",
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