Author(s)

Prithiviraj Chidambararaj, Ram Krishan Sharma

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Karunya University, Coimbatore, India.

This paper deals with generation of halo orbits in the three-dimensional photogravitational restricted three-body problem, where the more massive primary is considered as the source of radiation and the smaller primary is an oblate spheroid with its equatorial plane coincident with the plane of motion. Both the terms due to oblateness of the smaller primary are considered. Numerical as well as analytical solutions are obtained around the Lagrangian point L1, which lies between the primaries, of the Sun-Earth system. A comparison with the real time flight data of SOHO mission is made. Inclusion of oblateness of the smaller primary can improve the accuracy. Due to the effect of radiation pressure and oblateness, the size and the orbital period of the halo orbit around L1 are found to increase.

Halo Orbits, Photogravitational Restricted Three-Body Problem, Oblateness, Lindstedt-Poincaré Method, Lagrangian Point, SOHO

Chidambararaj, P. and Sharma, R. (2016) Halo Orbits around Sun-Earth L1 in Photogravitational Restricted Three-Body Problem with Oblateness of Smaller Primary. International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6, 293-311. doi: 10.4236/ijaa.2016.63025.