Generalized analytical results on \(n\)-ejection-collision orbits in the RTBP. Analysis of bifurcations (Q2105231)

In this paper, the authors study, in a clear way, the existence of ejection-collision orbits (EC), in the planar circular restricted three-body problem (CPRTBP), in which a particle (of neglegible mass) moves under the attraction of two massive bodies P1 and P2, called primaries, to planar circular orbits around their common centre of mass, for any value of the mass parameter $\mu>0$ and $\mu\in(0,1)$. The system of ODEs of first order is derived with the mass parameter $\mu$, where the primaries have masses $1-\mu$ and $\mu$, respectively, and the Jacobi first integral is $C$, and this system is regular except when the particle collides with each of the primaries. In order to prove this optimal result (for example the Earth-Moon system), the authors considered Levi-Civita's transformation to regularize the collision with one primary. The result improves a previous work, where the existence of the $n$-EC orbits was stated with mass parameter $\mu>0$ small enough, and here the existence of the $n$-EC orbits have been studied for any value of $\mu>0$ and $\mu\in(0,1)$. When the values of Jacobian constant $C$ decreasing, there appear some bifurcations for suitable values of $C$. These first are investigated numerically, and afterward explicit expressions for the approximation of the bifurcation values of $C$ are discussed. A rich variety of bifurcations show up. Finally, a detailed analysis of the existence of $n$-EC orbits when $\mu\to 1$ is also described (Hill's problem shows up). For this problem, an analytical result on the existence of four families of $n$-EC orbits has been proved and numerically also, the authors described them as well as the bifurcations have been appeared. The numerical integration of ODEs system is implemented by the Runge-Kutta integrator (tolerance 10--16), and by a Taylor method.