Modeling the Dynamical Behavior of Near-Earth Dust Using Simulated Fraunhofer Line Observations
Henry Sanders
Understanding how asteroidal and cometary debris evolves and travels through the inner Solar System is critical for predicting impact risks and maintaining the safety of orbital infrastructure. Particles of all sizes and sources pose significant hazards to satellites operating in near-Earth and cislunar space. As such, modeling and analyzing how small asteroidal and cometary particles evolve over time under the influence of gravitational and non-gravitational perturbations is key to ascertaining