New spatial central configurations in the 5-body problem

In this paper we show the existence of new families of convex and concave spatial central configurations for the 5-body problem. The bodies studied here are arranged as follows: three bodies are at the vertices of an equilateral triangle T, and the other two bodies are on the line passing through th...

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Main Authors: Luis F. Mello, Antonio C. Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2011-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652011000300002
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Summary:In this paper we show the existence of new families of convex and concave spatial central configurations for the 5-body problem. The bodies studied here are arranged as follows: three bodies are at the vertices of an equilateral triangle T, and the other two bodies are on the line passing through the barycenter of T that is perpendicular to the plane that contains T.<br>Neste artigo estudamos a existência de novas famílias de configurações centrais espaciais dos tipos côncavas ou convexas para o problema de 5 corpos. Os corpos estudados aqui estão dispostos da seguinte maneira: três corpos estão sobre os vértices de um triângulo equilátero T e os outros dois corpos estão sobre a reta que passa pelo baricentro de T e é perpendicular ao plano que contém T.
ISSN:0001-3765
1678-2690