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Some of the properties of the oblate planet problem are derived. We use the technique of blowing up the singularity to study the collision orbits. We define some families of them in terms of their asymptotic behavior.
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Alfaro, J.M. Collision orbits in the oblate planet problem. Celestial Mechanics 33, 375–383 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01241051
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