Evolution of periodic
orbits in Sun-Mars and Sun-Earth systems are analyzed using Poincare surface of section technique and the
effects of solar radiation pressure ofbigger
primary and actual oblateness of
smaller primary on these orbits are considered. It is observed that solar radiation pressure of bigger primary has
substantial effect on period, orbit’s shape, size and their position in the
phase space. Since these orbits can be used for the design of low energy
transfer trajectories, so perturbations due
to solar radiation pressure has to be understood and should be taken care ofduring trajectory design. It is also verified
that stability of such orbits are negligible so they can be used as
transfer orbit. For each pair of solar radiation pressure q and Jacobi constant C we get two separatrices where stability of island becomes zero. In this paper, detailed stability
analysis of periodic orbit having two loops is given when q = 0.9845.
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