A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE POYNTING-ROBERTSON EFFECT ON THE EQUILIBRIUM POINTS OF THE PHOTOGRAVITATIONAL RESTRICTED 3-BODY PROBLEM .2. OUT-OF-PLANE CASE

Authors
RAGOS O ZAFIROPOULOS FA VRAHATIS MN
Citation
O. Ragos et al., A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE POYNTING-ROBERTSON EFFECT ON THE EQUILIBRIUM POINTS OF THE PHOTOGRAVITATIONAL RESTRICTED 3-BODY PROBLEM .2. OUT-OF-PLANE CASE, Astronomy and astrophysics, 300(2), 1995, pp. 579-590
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy and astrophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
300
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
579 - 590
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1995)300:2<579:ANSOTI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The photogravitational circular restricted three-body model including the Poynting-Robertson effect is employed to describe the motion of a particle in the vicinity of two massive radiating bodies. The equilibr ium points lying out of the orbital plane of the primaries are studied numerically. The exact number of these points is determined by means of the topological degree theory. Subsequently, a modified bisection m ethod is used to compute the positions of the equilibrium. Finally the ir stability is studied.