Families of periodic orbits in the restricted four-body problem

Details Families of periodic orbits in the restricted four-body problem Families of periodic orbits in the restricted four-body problem

Dec 2011

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Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 336, Issue 2, pp.357-367

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Asymptotic Orbits, Four-Body Problem, Periodic Orbits, Stability

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In this paper, families of simple symmetric and non-symmetric periodic orbits in the restricted four-body problem are presented. Three bodies of masses m 1, m 2 and m 3 (primaries) lie always at the apices of an equilateral triangle, while each moves in circle about the center of mass of the system fixed at the origin of the coordinate system. A massless fourth body is moving under the Newtonian gravitational attraction of the primaries. The fourth body does not affect the motion of the three bodies. We investigate the evolution of these families and we study their linear stability in three cases, i.e. when the three primary bodies are equal, when two primaries are equal and finally when we have three unequal masses. Series, with respect to the mass m 3, of critical periodic orbits as well as horizontal and vertical-critical periodic orbits of each family and in any case of the mass parameters are also calculated.

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