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Tour of Asteroids for Characterization Observations (TACO): A Planetary Defense Asteroid Tour Concept

  • Authors: Angela M. Stickle, Andrew S. Rivkin, Justin Atchison, Jodi Berdis, Rylie Bull, Andy Cheng, R. Terik Daly, Carolyn M. Ernst, Patrick King, Meagan Leary, Emma S. G. Rainey, Ronald J. Vervack, Nancy Chabot

Angela M. Stickle et al 2024 The Planetary Science Journal 5 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 4.

Sample TACO trajectory, plotted in the Sun–Earth rotating frame. Earth lies on the Y R = 0 line near X R = 1.0 au. The numbers correspond to the flyby events listed in Table 2. This plot illustrates the changes in inclination required to fly by each pair of targets.

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