The first proposed Brazilian mission to deep space, the ASTER mission, has
the triple asteroid system (153591) 2001 SN263 as a target. One of the
mission's main goals is to analyze the physical and dynamical structures of the
system to understand its origin and evolution. The present work aims to analyze
how the asteroid's irregular shape interferes with the stability around the
system. The results show that the irregular shape of the bodies plays an
important role in the dynamics nearby the system. For instance, the
perturbation due to the (153591) 2001 SN263 Alpha's shape affects the stability
in the (153591) 2001 SN263 Gamma's vicinity. Similarly, the (153591) 2001 SN263
Beta's irregularity causes a significant instability in its nearby environment.
As expected, the prograde case is the most unstable, while the retrograde
scenario presents more stability. Additionally, we investigate how the solar
radiation pressure perturbs particles of different sizes orbiting the triple
system. We found that particles with a 10-50 cm radius could survive the
radiation pressure for the retrograde case. Meanwhile, to resist solar
radiation, the particles in prograde orbit must be larger than the particles in
retrograde orbits, at least one order of magnitude.
Preprint
Comment: 12 pages, 13 figures
Subject: Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics