The linear stability of libration points of the photogravitational restricted three-body problem when the smaller primary is an oblate spheroid (Q1103427)

This paper deals with the stationary solutions of the planar restricted three-body problem when the more massive primary is a source of radiation and the smaller primary is an oblate spheroid with its equatorial plane coincident with the plane of motion. The collinear equilibria have conditional retrograde elliptical periodic orbits around them in the linear sense, while the triangular points have long- or short-periodic retrograde elliptical orbits for the mass parameter \(0\leq \mu <\mu_{crit}\), the critical mass parameter, which decreases with the increase in oblateness and radiation force. Through special choice of initial conditions, retrograde elliptical periodic orbits exist for the case \(\mu =\mu_{crit}\), whose eccentricity increases with oblateness and decreases with radiation force for non-zero oblateness.