The family of planar periodic orbits generated by the equal-mass four-body Schubart interplay orbit

We locate members of a one-parameter family of equal-mass four-body periodic orbits in the plane. The family begins and ends with the rectilinear four-body equal-mass Schubart interplay orbit and passes through a double choreography orbit. The first-order stability of these orbits is computed. Some...

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Veröffentlicht in:Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 2018-05, Vol.130 (5), p.1-15, Article 39
Hauptverfasser: Chopovda, Valerie, Sweatman, Winston L.
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Zusammenfassung:We locate members of a one-parameter family of equal-mass four-body periodic orbits in the plane. The family begins and ends with the rectilinear four-body equal-mass Schubart interplay orbit and passes through a double choreography orbit. The first-order stability of these orbits is computed. Some members of this symmetric family are stable to symmetric perturbations; however, they are unstable when all perturbations are allowed.
ISSN:0923-2958
1572-9478
DOI:10.1007/s10569-018-9831-y