Quantification of flyby effects in the three-body problem using the Gaussian process method

The gravity assist (GA) plays an important role in space missions since itwas first applied by the Luna 3 vehicle in 1959. For preliminary trajectory design, the so-called patchedconics model provides a simple model for a gravity assist. This approach, based on twobody formulations, splits amulti-body probleminto a succession of two-body...