Periodic Orbits Close to That of the Moon in Hill's Problem

In the framework of the restricted, circular, 3-dimensional 3-body problem Sun-Earth-Moon, Valsecchi et al. (1993) found a set of 8 periodic orbits, with duration equal to that of the Saros cycle, and differing only for the initial phases, in which the motion of the massless Moon follows closely tha...

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Main Author: Giovanni B. Valsecchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2018.00020/full