A global analysis of the generalized Sitnikov problem

DOI10.1023/A:1008323803308MaRDI QIDQ1976102zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Steven R. Chesley

Publication date 1 March 2004

Published in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1008323803308

zbMATH Keywords

angular momentumglobal stabilitymass ratioPoincare's mappingregions of allowable motionsSitnikov-type symmetrysymmetric binary systemthree-body problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Three-body problems (70F07)

Review text

The isosceles three-body problem is one of the most famous and old problems of celestial mechanics. Here the author considers a variant of this problem obtained by applying special symmetries to initial conditions. The present formulation can describe both Sitnikov and planar configurations, which are usually modelled separately. There are two free parameters which govern the dynamics -- a mass ratio and an angular momentum of the binary. The Sitnikov configuration consists of a symmetric binary system with nonzero angular momentum and a mass moving along a line perpendicular to the plane of the binary and passing through the mass center of the binary. The author considers all possible values of angular momentum and mass ratio. New results are obtained concerning the description of allowable motions and global stability of dominant periodic orbits.

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