Author(s)

Nishanth Pushparaj, Ram Krishan Sharma

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

The Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem (CRTBP) with more massive primary as an oblate spheroid with its equatorial plane coincident with the plane of motion of the primaries is considered to generate the halo orbits around L1 and L2 for the seven satellites (Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan and Iapetus) of Saturn in the frame work of CRTBP. It is found that the oblateness effect of Saturn on the halo orbits of the satellites closer to Saturn has significant effect compared to the satellites away from it. The halo orbits L1 and L2 are found to move towards Saturn with oblateness.

Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem, Lagrangian Points, Halo Orbits, Oblateness, Saturn

Pushparaj, N. and Sharma, R. (2016) Oblateness Effect of Saturn on Halo Orbits of L1 and L2 in Saturn-Satellites Restricted Three-Body Problem. International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6, 347-377. doi: 10.4236/ijaa.2016.64029.