THE STROBOSCOPIC METHOD APPLIED TO THE STELLAR 3-BODY PROBLEM - THE KEPLERIAN OUTER ORBIT APPROXIMATION

Authors
LING JF DOCOBO JA ABAD AJ
Citation
Jf. Ling et al., THE STROBOSCOPIC METHOD APPLIED TO THE STELLAR 3-BODY PROBLEM - THE KEPLERIAN OUTER ORBIT APPROXIMATION, The Astronomical journal, 110(2), 1995, pp. 875-879
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astronomical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046256
Volume
110
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
875 - 879
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6256(1995)110:2<875:TSMATT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This article discusses the stellar three-body problem using an approxi mation in which the outer orbit is assumed to be Keplerian. The equati ons of motion are integrated by the stroboscopic method, i.e., basical ly at successive periods of a rapidly changing variable (the eccentric anomaly of the inner orbit). The theory is applied to the triple-star system xi Ursae Majoris. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.