Stability zones around the triangular Lagrangian points.

Autor(en)

R. Dvorak, Elke Pilat-Lohinger

Abstrakt

The authors discuss the stability around the libration point

L4 (and L5) in the circular restricted three-body

problem. The dependence of the extent of the stability zones around

these equilibrium points as a function of the mass parameter μ =

m2/(m1 + m2) is established by using

numerical experiments. The results are compared with existing data for

the Earth-Moon case, and are then extended to a large range of μ

values. The shrinking and even disappearance of the stability zones is

well explained by the existence of two additional critical mass

parameters below the well known value of μcrit = 0.03852.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Astrophysik

Seiten

439-446

Publikationsdatum

1991

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103004 Astrophysik

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