Families of periodic orbits in the restricted four-body problem |
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Authors: | A N Baltagiannis K E Papadakis |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Engineering Sciences, Division of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece |
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Abstract: | 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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