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The Web of Periodic Orbits at L 4

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We describe and comment the results of a numerical exploration of the numerous natural families of periodic orbits associated with the L 4 equilibrium point of the restricted problem of three bodies (and of course by symmetry those associated with the L 5 equilibrium point). These families are organized in a very structured network or coweb and this structure evolves, when the mass ratio μ varies, in a very organized way.

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Henrard, J. The Web of Periodic Orbits at L 4 . Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 83, 291–302 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020124323302

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