Author(s)

Yifan Wei¹, Yuke Zhang²

¹San New School, Wuhan, China.
²Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.

This paper will present the results and analyses of a simulation to send a satellite from the Earth to Mars. We use Python to simulate the orbit of the rocket. Our goal is to find the least energy-cost trajectory, with the least initial velocity. We find the date which allows the satellite to go from the Earth to Mars in the shortest distance based on a Hohmann transfer orbit considering the gravity of the Sun, Earth, and Mars.

Trajectory, Earth, Mars, Hohmann Transfer, Energy Efficient

Wei, Y. and Zhang, Y. (2019) The Simulation and the Calculation of the Shortest Hohmann Transfer Orbit to Mars. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 7, 2384-2400. doi: 10.4236/jamp.2019.710162.