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The perturbation method for two critical arguments is applied to the 3/2 resonance between Jupiter's and the Asteroid's mean motions. The radius of convergence of the series in eccentricity is smaller than in the 2/1 case and the chaotic regions in the plane (a,e) are less important.
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Lemaitre, A., Henrard, J. The 3/2 resonance. Celestial Mechanics 43, 91–98 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01234556
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