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A quantitative study of periodic orbits and particle trapping near them in the gravitational field of a uniformly rotating homogeneous solid parallelepiped is made. It is found that particle trapping leads to the possibility of formation of ring-like structures around the parallelepiped and blob-like concentrations around the equilibrium points of the parallelepiped.
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Michalodimitrakis, M. Periodic orbits in barred galaxies. Astrophys Space Sci 37, 131–142 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00646067
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