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Global stability and the restricted 3-body problem

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Global stability regions are found for classi orbits of the circular restricted 3-body problem for primary masses equal and Jacobi constantK>15.5. As this constant decreases, the stability, region shrinks extremely rapidly.

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  1. Marshall Space Flight Center, 35812, Huntsville, Ala., U.S.A.

    L. D. Mullins

  2. Dept. of Physics, Univ. Alabama, University, 35486, Ala., U.S.A.

    J. H. Bartlett

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Mullins, L.D., Bartlett, J.H. Global stability and the restricted 3-body problem. Celestial Mechanics 7, 421–437 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01227508

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