Contact Dr Marta Ceccaroni
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- Email: M.Ceccaroni@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
Marta got her degree in Differential Equations and Functional Analysis at the Department of Mathematics of the Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome and her PhD in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. She has accomplished a 3 years post-doc within the EU funded AstroNet-II Marie Curie research training network in astrodynamics. She worked as a validation analyst in the field of airport traffic control and management and at the NEO Coordination Centre (ESA-ESRIN) as an Operations Engineer for the asteroid orbit determination and impact monitoring services. Marta joined the University of Cranfield as a Lecturer in Space Engineering and is currently Module Leader of Astrodynamics and Mission analysis, Software for Astrodynamics and Logic and Automated reasoning. She is currently managing an OSIP project aimed at analysing asteroid collisions from a dynamical point of view.
Current activities
Academic interests / expertise include:
Orbital Dynamics
Low Energy Transfers
Perturbation Theories
Asteroid Hazard mitigation
Small Bodies and Minimoons
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Stronati N, Fenucci M, Micheli M & Ceccaroni M. (2024). Assessment of Flyby Methods as Applied to Close Encounters among Asteroids. Aerospace, 11(8)
- Stronati N, Faggioli L, Micheli M & Ceccaroni M. (2023). Influence of the dynamic classification of asteroids on observation astrometric errors: a statistical analysis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(4)
- Valsecchi GB, Del Vigna A & Ceccaroni M. (2019). The evolution of the Line of Variations at close encounters: an analytic approach. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 131(10)
- Micheli M, Cano JL, Faggioli L, Ceccaroni M, Koschny D, .... (2019). Removal of virtual impactor solutions with precovery data: The case study of 2017 XO2. Icarus, 317
- Perozzi E, Ceccaroni M, Valsecchi GB & Rossi A. (2017). Distant retrograde orbits and the asteroid hazard. The European Physical Journal Plus, 132(8)
- Sansottera M & Ceccaroni M. (2017). Rigorous estimates for the relegation algorithm. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 127(1)
- Ceccaroni M, Celletti A & Pucacco G. (2016). Birth of periodic and artificial halo orbits in the restricted three-body problem. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 81
- Ceccaroni M, Celletti A & Pucacco G. (2016). Halo orbits around the collinear points of the restricted three-body problem. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 317
- Bucciarelli S, Ceccaroni M, Celletti A & Pucacco G. (2016). Qualitative and analytical results of the bifurcation thresholds to halo orbits. Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata (1923 -), 195(2)
- Ceccaroni M, Biscani F & Biggs J. (2014). Analytical method for perturbed frozen orbit around an asteroid in highly inhomogeneous gravitational fields: a first approach. Solar System Research, 48(1)
- Ceccaroni M & Biggs J. (2013). Analytic perturbative theories in highly inhomogeneous gravitational fields. Icarus, 224(1)
- Ceccaroni M, Biggs J & Biasco L. (2012). Analytic estimates and topological properties of the weak stability boundary. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 114(1-2)
- Ceccaroni M & Biggs J. (2012). Low-thrust propulsion in a coplanar circular restricted four body problem. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 112(2)
Conference Papers
- McDonnell C, Ben Amara MB, Perozzi E & Ceccaroni M. (2023). Do not abandon your CubeSat!
- Stronati N & Ceccaroni M. (2023). A novel algorithm for autonomous astrometric mass determination of asteroids
- Lafiosca P & Ceccaroni M. (2022). Rectifying Homographies for Stereo Vision: Analytical Solution for Minimal Distortion
- Stronati N, Faggioli L, Micheli M & Ceccaroni M. (2022). Statistical analysis of a weighting scheme for asteroid observation astrometric errors taking into consideration the classification of the observed asteroids
- Mata AM, Perozzi E & Ceccaroni M. (2022). Addressing the imminent impactors threat from distant retrograde orbits (DRO)
- Cano JL, Faggioli L, Ceccaroni M, Martin J, Micheli M, .... (2019). Recent evolutions in ESA’s neo coordination centre system
- Cano JL, Ceccaroni M, Faggioli L, Jehn R, Koschny D, .... (2019). ESA's activities on the boundaries between neo and debris detection
- Ceccaroni M, Celletti A & Pucacco G. (2016). Bifurcations Thresholds of Halo Orbits
- Tantardini M, Flamini E, Capaccioni F, Casalino L, Cremonese G, .... (2016). A possible Italian contribution in the NASA asteroid redirect robotic mission (ARRM)
- Ceccaroni M & Biggs J. (2012). Analytical perturbative method for frozen orbits around the asteroid 433 eros
- Ceccaroni M & Biggs J. (2011). Nonlinearly stable equilibria in the Sun-Jupiter-Trojan-Spacecraft four body problem
- Ceccaroni M & Biggs J. (2010). Extension of low-thrust propulsion to the autonomous coplanar circular restricted four body problem with application to future trojan asteroid missions
