Stability of the photogravitational restricted three-body problem with variable masses |
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Authors: | Jagadish Singh Oni Leke |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Patras, Greece |
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Abstract: | This paper investigates the stability of equilibrium points in the restricted three-body problem, in which the masses of the
luminous primaries vary isotropically in accordance with the unified Meshcherskii law, and their motion takes place within
the framework of the Gylden–Meshcherskii problem. For the autonomized system, it is found that collinear and coplanar points
are unstable, while the triangular points are conditionally stable. It is also observed that, in the triangular case, the
presence of a constant κ, of a particular integral of the Gylden–Meshcherskii problem, makes the destabilizing tendency of the radiation pressures
strong. The stability of equilibrium points varying with time is tested using the Lyapunov Characteristic Numbers (LCN). It
is seen that the range of stability or instability depends on the parameter κ. The motion around the equilibrium points L
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(i=1,2,…,7) for the restricted three-body problem with variable masses is in general unstable. |
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