Investigation of the Influence of the Light Pressure on the Stability of Near-Earth Space Object Motion

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In this paper we investigate the influence of the light pressure on the motion stability of near-Earth space objects whose orbital semi-major axes change from 8000 to 42400 km. The orbital evolution of each object with area-to-mass ratio in the range from 1 to 70 m²/kg has been considered. In addition, values of the area-tomass ratio have been investigated at which the objects from various zones of the near-Earth space depart from their orbits under the influence of the light pressure and then fall to the Earth.