Application of the restricted hyperbolic three-body problem to a star-sun-comet system

The equations of motion for a third body of small mass are developed in the problem where the two primary bodies are in hyperbolic orbits about each other. The equations are applied to a hypothetical star-sun-comet system to determine the effect of the stellar encounter on the orbit of the comet.This paper is part of a doctoral thesis completed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.