N-body simulation of Europa Clipper's journey to Jupiter

[HappyKoala]

Here is a gravitational n-body simulation of the Europa Clipper probeäs journey to Jupiter, assuming that it is launched on the Space Launch System in June 2022.

Change in delta v required for the maneuvers, for instance the Hohmann transfer to Jupiter, is assumed to be instantaneous, which is to say it is applied in one iteration of the simulation.

Here a link to the simulation: https://thehappykoala.github.io/Harmony-of-the-Spheres/#/scenario/Europa%20Clipper%20-%20Hohmann%20Transfer%20to%20Jupiter

[llanitedave]

I hadn't realized that this setup included some pretty close encounters with Io and Ganymede as well.  There should be some superb data to be acquired.

[HappyKoala]

From my understanding the Europa Clipper will make a number of flybys of all of the Galliean moons, some of which will be for trimming the orbit of the Europa Clipper, sort of like Cassini did with Titan in the cronian system. Difference is that the goal is not to let the Clipper roam, but to eventually get it into a resonant orbit with Europa to be able to swoop past it multiple times. I'm super stoked for this mission!!!