Low-Thrust Orbital Transfers in the Two-Body Problem

Table 1

Comparison of the solutions to the original and linearized problems.

Transfer duration; in periods of; the initial orbit	Solution to the		Solution to the		Difference, %
	original problem		linearized problem
	No. of complete orbits	𝐽	No. of complete orbits	𝐽
20	9	1,012×10^−3	8	1,053×10^−3	4,1
40	18	4,997×10^−4	16	5,193×10^−4	3,9
100	46	1,991×10^−4	42	2,070×10^−4	4.0
200	93	0,995×10^−4	84	1,034×10^−4	3.9