A restricted four-body model for the dynamics near the Lagrangian points of the Sun-Jupiter system (Q5936440)

The authors study the dynamics of an asteroid near Lagrangian points of Sun-Jupiter system. To account for the effect of Saturn, the authors develop a model based on numerical solution of planar three-body Sun-Jupiter-Saturn problem. Using suitable coordinates, the model is represented as well-known restricted four-body problem. The dynamics of this model near triangular Lagrangian points is studied by computing the corresponding normal forms and first integrals. The obtained approximations to invariant tori as well as bounds on the diffusion speed are verified by comparisons with the motion of a few Trojan asteroids. By using suitable estimates on the remainder of the normal form, it is possible to find such a region that the time needed to go away from it is larger that the age of the Solar system. The behaviour of five equilibrium points is demonstrated in 2 tables and 18 figures.