Nonlinear Stability Analysis of Relative Equilibria of a Solid Carrying a Movable Point Mass in the Central Gravitational Field
2019, Vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 505-512
Author(s): Kholostova O. V.
The motion of a solid (satellite) carrying a moving point mass in the central Newtonian
gravitational field in an elliptical orbit of arbitrary eccentricity is considered. The law of motion
of a point mass is assumed to allow for the existence of relative equilibria of the “body-point”
system in the orbital coordinate system. A nonlinear stability analysis of these equilibria is carried
out, based on the construction and normalization of the area-preserving mapping generated
by the motions of the system.
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