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Determination of thrusts to generate artificial equilibrium points in binary systems with applications to a planar solar sail

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In this work, the artificial equilibrium points for a general two-body system are derived, visualized, and summarized as functions of the direction of the thrust, for several directions. The results for the Sun-Earth system are also presented. Planar solar sail applications are also considered.

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The authors wish to express their appreciation for the financial support from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and the support provided by Grants 406841/2016-0, 301338/2016-7, and 305834/2013-4 from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Grants 2016/24561-0 and 2016/14665-2 from São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).

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de Almeida, A.K., Prado, A.F.B.A. & Yokoyama, T. Determination of thrusts to generate artificial equilibrium points in binary systems with applications to a planar solar sail. Nonlinear Dyn 95, 919–942 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-018-4605-3

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