DrivenbycuriosityaboutpossibleflightoptionsfortheChang’e-2spacecraftafteritremainsattheSun-EarthL2point,effectiveapproachesweredevelopedfordesigningpreliminaryfuel-optimalnear-Earthasteroidflybytrajectories.Theapproachesincludetheuseofmodifiedunstablemanifolds,gridsearchofthemanifolds’parameters,andatwo-impulsemaneuverfororbitalphasematchingandz-axisbiaschange,andaredemonstratedtobeeffectiveinasteroidtargetscreeningandtrajectoryoptimization.Asteroidflybysareexpectedtobewithinadistanceof2×107kmfromtheEarthowingtotheconstrainedEarth-spacecraftcommunicationrange.Inthiscase,thespacecraft’sorbitalmotionissignificantlyaffectedbythegravitiesofboththeSunandtheEarth,andtherefore,theconceptofthe"heliocentricoscillating-Keplerorbit"isproposed,becausetheclassicalorbitalelementsoftheflybytrajectoriesreferencedintheheliocentricinertialframeoscillatesignificantlywithrespecttotime.Theanalysisandresultspresentedinthisstudyshowthat,amongtheasteroidswhoseorbitsarethemostaccuratelypredicted,"Toutatis","2005NZ6",or"2010CL19"mightbeencounteredbyChang’e-2inlate2012or2013withtotalimpulseslessthan100m/s.
