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We obtain a compact model for the global study of the planar rhomboidal 4-body problem in a level of constant negative energy. This model is a variation of the non compact model obtained through a McGehee blow up transformation. but compactness permits to obtain results which are not clear in the other case.
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Lacomba, E.A., Pérez-Chavela, E. A compact model for the planar rhomboidal 4-body problem. Celestial Mech Dyn Astr 54, 343–355 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00049146
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