Autonomous Target Tracking for Asteroid Landing

Asteroid landing of spacecraft using autonomous target tracking based on passive electro-optical sensing information is presented. The Gabor filters are used for the recognition and tracking of planetary features. A new guidance and navigation method based on matching image features based on stereo cameras is proposed. Simulation testing has been conducted to verify the passive guidance approach.

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