Coorbital Periodic Orbits in the Three Body Problem
We consider the dynamics of coorbital motion of two small moons about a large planet which have nearly circular orbits with almost equal radii. These moons avoid collision because they switch orbits during each close encounter. We approach the problem as a perturbation of decoupled Kepler problems a...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | SIAM journal on applied dynamical systems Jg. 2; H. 2; S. 219 - 237 |
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| Format: | Journal Article Verlag |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Philadelphia
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
01.01.2003
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| ISSN: | 1536-0040, 0036-1399, 1536-0040 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | We consider the dynamics of coorbital motion of two small moons about a large planet which have nearly circular orbits with almost equal radii. These moons avoid collision because they switch orbits during each close encounter. We approach the problem as a perturbation of decoupled Kepler problems as in Poincare's periodic orbits of the first kind. The perturbation is large but only in a small region in the phase space. We discuss the relationship required among the small quantities (radial separation, mass, and minimum angular separation). Persistence of the orbits is discussed. |
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| Bibliographie: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 content type line 14 |
| ISSN: | 1536-0040 0036-1399 1536-0040 |
| DOI: | 10.1137/S1111111102411304 |