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On the coplanar eccentric non restricted co-orbital dynamics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2018-03-14 v1

Abstract

We study the phase space of eccentric coplanar co-orbitals in the non-restricted case. Departing from the quasi-circular case, we describe the evolution of the phase space as the eccentricities increase. We find that over a given value of the eccentricity, around 0.50.5 for equal mass co-orbitals, important topological changes occur in the phase space. These changes lead to the emergence of new co-orbital configurations and open a continuous path between the previously distinct trojan domains near the L4L_4 and L5L_5 eccentric Lagrangian equilibria. These topological changes are shown to be linked with the reconnection of families of quasi-periodic orbits of non-maximal dimension.

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@article{arxiv.1711.07334,
  title  = {On the coplanar eccentric non restricted co-orbital dynamics},
  author = {A. Leleu and P. Robutel and A. C. M. Correia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.07334},
  year   = {2018}
}
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