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This article studies the existence of periodic Keplerian orbits for visual double stars whose corresponding apparent orbits are to pass through three selected points. The analytical results provide the basis for a new method of calculating orbits which does not require prior calculation of the areal constant. This method is applied to the binary 04404 N 4313.
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Docobo, J.A. On the analytic calculation of visual double star orbits. Celestial Mechanics 36, 143–153 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01230647
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