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Periodic Orbits Around a Massive Straight Segment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
In this paper, we consider the motion of a particle under the gravitational field of a massive straight segment. This model is used as an approximation to the gravitational field of irregular shaped bodies, such as asteroids, comet nuclei and planets’s moons. For tbis potential, we find several families of periodic orbits and bifurcations.
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- Stellar Systems
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 172: Impact of Modern Dynamics in Astronomy , 1999 , pp. 169 - 178
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1999
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