Chaotic Oscillation of Satellite due to Aerodynamic Torque

Table 1

Earth-Resourcesat-1 system for fixed values of , and variation in n.

Figure no.	n	ɛ	Graphical behaviour of Poincare map	Graphical behaviour of Lyapunov exponent
2	0.0001	0.000000000000000001	Regular curves disintegrate as ɛ increases	Chaotic
3		0.00000000000001		Chaotic
4	0.9	0.000000000000000001		Periodic
5		0.00000000000001		Periodic and chaotic