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The Existence and Stability of Families of Displacement Two-Body Orbits

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The two-body problem is considered with an additional thrust induced acceleration. Stationary solutions are obtained to this problem in a rotating frame of reference which generates families of displaced circular orbits when viewed from an internal frame of reference. The existence and stability of these orbits is considered along with applications such as in-situ observations of Saturn's ring system and spacecraft proximity operations.

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    Colin R. Mcinnes

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Mcinnes, C.R. The Existence and Stability of Families of Displacement Two-Body Orbits. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 67, 167–180 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008280609889

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