Halo Orbits around $L_1$ and $L_2$ in the Photogravitational Sun-Earth System with Oblateness

Abstract

The Photogravitational Restricted Three Body Problem with oblateness has been studied to obtain halo orbits around the Lagrangian points L 1 and L 2 of the Sun-Earth system in which the Sun is taken as radiating and the Earth as an oblate spheroid. The halo orbits corresponding to fourth and fifth order approximations around L 1 and L 2 for actual oblateness of the Earth and for different radiation pressures for the Sun are displayed graphically. The time period of halo orbits around L 1 decreases with increase in oblateness and increases with increase in radiation pressure. A reverse effect is observed due to increase in oblateness and radiation pressure on time period of orbits around L 2 . It is also observed that halo orbits around L 1 shifts towards the source of radiation due to increase in both radiation pressure and oblateness. However, halo orbits around L 2 shifts towards the source of radiation due to increase in radiation but recedes with increase in oblateness.