The effect of J2 on equatorial and halo orbits around a magnetic planet

Manuel Iñarrea, Víctor Lanchares, Jesús F. Palacián, Ana I. Pascual, J. Pablo Salas and Patricia Yanguas

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2009, vol. 42, issue 1, 155-169

Abstract: We calculate equatorial and halo orbits around a non-spherical (both oblate and prolate) magnetic planet. It is known that circular equatorial and halo orbits exist for a dust grain orbiting a spherical magnetic planet. However, the frequency of the orbit is constrained by the charge–mass ratio of the particle. If the non-sphericity of the planet is taken into account this constraint is modified or, in some cases, it disappears.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2008.11.016

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