A local coordinate system based on the eigenstructure of the Halo orbit is proposed. We show that one only needs to keep track of six intuitive scalars to easily understand the qualitative dynamic evolution of spacecraft states near a halo orbit. Special attention is given to the center subspace and the space associated with the unity eigenvalues of the monodromy matrix. Examples are given for halo orbits in the Hill Three-Body Problem.
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