The research areas of the Mathematical Physics group are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More specific research topics investigated by this group are described below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group manages the spin-off SpaceDyS s.r.l.<\/a> (Polo Tecnologico di Navacchio).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Below is the list of the specific topics studied in this research area, each of them with a detailed description and the lists of members and collaborators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Celestial Mechanics Group is involved in three research projects, linked to the space missions BepiColombo (ESA), Juno (NASA), and Hera (ESA). The BepiColombo mission was launched in 2018 and will arrive in orbit around Mercury in 2025: it aims to study the planet’s gravity field, its composition, its state of rotation, and carry out tests on theories of gravitation. The Celestial Mechanics group will analyze the data from the radio science experiment with the dedicated software Orbit14, developed with ASI funding in 2007. Simulations and cruise data analysis are currently being carried out. The Juno mission was launched in 2011 and has been in orbit around Jupiter since 2016: it aims to study the origin and evolution of the planet. The Celestial Mechanics Group is responsible for analyzing the data from the radio science experiment with the dedicated software Orbit14 with the aim of estimating Jupiter’s physical parameters, including gravitational and tidal coefficients. These parameters are necessary to improve the internal structure models of the planet. The Hera mission will be launched in 2024 and the goal will be the binary asteroid Didymos which it will reach in 2026, a few years after the moon of Didymos, called Dimorphos, was impacted by DART probe of NASA. Hera’s purpose is to characterize the post-impact environment of the asteroid through different tools. The Celestial Mechanics group will develop software, based on Orbit14, to analyze radio science data and will also conduct an analysis of the non-gravitational perturbations acting on the system (Yarkovsky-YORP-BYORP effects).<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Topics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Celestial Mechanics<\/h5>
Members<\/h6>
\n<\/i>giulio.bau@unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>miriam.falletta@phd.unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>clara.grassi@dm.unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>giovanni.federico.gronchi@unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>giacomo.lari@unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>maddalena.mochi@phd.unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>roberto.paoli@dm.unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>giacomo.tommei@unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nMathematical models and methods for the analysis of interplanetary tracking data<\/h5>
Members<\/h6>
\n<\/i>miriam.falletta@phd.unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>giacomo.lari@unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>maddalena.mochi@phd.unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>roberto.paoli@dm.unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>giulia.schettino@unifi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>giacomo.tommei@unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nCollaborators<\/h6>
Solar system dynamics and astrodynamics<\/h5>
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Members<\/h6>
\n<\/i>giulio.bau@unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>clara.grassi@dm.unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>giovanni.federico.gronchi@unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>giacomo.lari@unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nCollaborators<\/h6>
\n<\/i>claudio.bombardelli@upm.es<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>giordana.bucchioni@ing.unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>irene.cavallari@dm.unipi.it<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>j-hernando@ispace-inc.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/i>melaine.saillenfest@obspm.fr<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n