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How to find zero velocity contours for circular restricted 3-body problem in x-y plane?
(I am having physics background; I am not an astronomer/astrophysicist.)
How to solve a single nonlinear algebraic equation in two variables, $x$ and $y$?
(I know that - if there are two variables, ...
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Different techniques for calculation of celestial bodies dynamics with different time-scales
Differential equations describing the dynamics of celestial bodies (rotation, nutation, precession and other effects) can be solved numerically, which makes it possible to study their general non-...
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Question about the Figure-eight periodic planar three-body motion
If this is a posible periodic solution for a three-body problem, can anybody tell me where is the center of mass of the system? As we know, in a n-body problem the bodies orbit around their center of ...
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