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
Hauptverfasser: Cors, Josep M., Hall, Glen R.
Format: Journal Article Verlag
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 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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ISSN:1536-0040
0036-1399
1536-0040
DOI:10.1137/S1111111102411304