LowEnergyEarthToMoonTransfer:

Path: Interplanetary/LowEnergyManeuver

% Compute a ballistic lunar capture trajectory from a circular Earth orbit
 From circular trajectory about Earth with a radius of r0 to a weakly captured
 lunar orbit.

 Requires the Optimization Toolbox.
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   Form:
  [LETTrans,debugData] = LowEnergyEarthToMoonTransfer(jD,r0)
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   Inputs
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   jD             (1)  Julian Date of transfer
   r0             (1)  Initial circular orbit radius (km)
   
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   Outputs
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   LETTrans       (.)  Data structure with information about the orbit
                  .elements            ecliptic orbital elements of the
                                       initial state
                  .initialStateJ2000   Initial state vector
                  .maneuver            Magnitude of the initial maneuver
                  .timeOfFlight        Period of the transfer
                  .finalEnergy         Final energy level
                  .family              CRTBP orbit family
                  .muMoon              Gravitational Parameter of the moon
                  .muPlanet            Gravitational Parameter of the planet
                  .cTraj               Jacobi constant of the final state
                  .cL2                 Jacobi constant of the L2 point
                  .burns               number of burn maneuvers performed

   debugData

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   Reference: Griesemer, P. R., Ocampo, C. A., and Cooley, D. S., "Targeting
   Ballistic Lunar Capture Trajectories Using Periodic Orbits in the Sun-Earth
   CRTBP", accepted for publication by the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control,
   and Dynamics, Feb, 2010.
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   See also: LowEnergyTransferInCRTBP, LETPhasing, Targeting3BP2
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Children:

Interplanetary: Ephemeris/PlanetPositionEMBarycenter
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/CRTBP2kms
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/CheckForOptimizationToolbox
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/J20002RotPuls
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/LETPhasing
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/LowEnergyTransferInCRTBP
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/MinE4BP
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/PlotLET
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/PlotLET3BP
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/RotPuls2J2000
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/Targeting3BP2
Interplanetary: LowEnergyManeuver/Targeting4BP
SC: BasicOrbit/El2RV
SC: BasicOrbit/RV2El
SC: Ephem/LagrangePointsL1ToL5
Common: Database/Constant
Common: Time/JD2000
Math: Linear/Mag

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