Evaluating the disturbances acting on a spacecraft on orbit around Europa

Jupiter is a tempting body as a target for a space mission. Since this planet owns a complex system of moons, many discoveries and analyses can be done. Its Galilean moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are also of interest, especially Europa with the intriguing hypothesis of the oceans below its icy surface. This work aims to study the perturbations on a spacecraft in an orbit around Europa, the gravitational attraction of the Sun, Jupiter, Io, Ganymede, Callisto, and the gravitational potential of Europa are considered. (paper)