Possibility of controlling solar system motion in the Galaxy
Abstract
The possibility of developing a thruster for the solar system motion control in the Galaxy is considered. It is shown, that if a screen reflecting solar rays is positioned stationarily at some distance from the sun, the central symmetry of solar radiation in the sun-screen system will be violated and a force disturbing the sun motion will arise. The evaluation of screen surface density providing a stationary position of the screen is obtained on the assumption that the attractive forces and light pressure are equal. A disturbed motion of the solar system under the action of the above force is considered. It is shown that during one orbital period of the sun a radial deflection of the sun from its reference orbit by the value of some 10-12 parsec is possible. Lateral deviation of the sun by 4.4 parsec from its orbital plane is also possible, when the screen axis is normal to the orbital plane and has a constant orientation. The possibility of the earth transfer from the solar system onto a circular orbit of another star is shown.
- Publication:
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Brighton International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- October 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987brig.iafcR....S
- Keywords:
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- Milky Way Galaxy;
- Solar System;
- Stellar Motions;
- Three Body Problem;
- Transfer Orbits;
- Astrodynamics;
- Interstellar Travel;
- Radiation Pressure;
- Solar Radiation;
- Thrust;
- Space Sciences (General)