Author(s)

Kumari Ranjana¹, Vijay Kumar²

¹Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
²L S College, B R A Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, India.

The present work studies the stability condition of central control artificial equilibrium points of the planar circular restricted problem of 2 + 2 bodies (PCRP2 + 2B) and also its variant when the shape of larger mass is taken to be an oblate spheroid. We find that the paper will be of great application in choosing an artificial equilibrium point (AEP) in the neighbourhood of numerous planets e.g. Jupiter or the bodies which provide a model of the problem studied. The minimum thrust will save a quantum of energy to be applied to have an arbitrary point as a chosen starter. For solar sailing and magnetic force this minimum thrust will be of great use.

(PCRP2 + 2B), AEP, Stability, Minimum Thrust

Ranjana, K. and Kumar, V. (2017) On the Artificial Equilibrium Points in the Circular Restricted Problem of 2 + 2 Bodies. International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7, 239-247. doi: 10.4236/ijaa.2017.74020.