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While the orbital eccentricity is a key feature of the gravitational two-body problem, providing an unambiguous definition in general relativity poses significant challenges. Despite such foundational issue, the eccentricity of binary black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-08 Matteo Boschini , Nicholas Loutrel , Davide Gerosa , Giulia Fumagalli

Using equations of motion accurate to the third post-Newtonian (3PN) order (O(v/c)^6 beyond Newtonian gravity), we derive expressions for the total energy E and angular momentum J of the orbits of compact binary systems (black holes or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Thierry Mora , Clifford M. Will

We analyze the relativistic dynamical properties of Keplerian and non-Keplerian circular orbits in a general axisymmetric and stationary gravitational field, and discuss the implications for the stability of co- and counter-rotating…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 C. Barrabes , B. Boisseau , W. Israel

A method for classifying orbits near asteroids under a polyhedral gravitational field is presented, and may serve as a valuable reference for spacecraft orbit design for asteroid exploration. The orbital dynamics near asteroids are very…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-14 Xianyu Wang , Shengping Gong , Junfeng Li

You have a satellite spacecraft or asteroid that moves under the gravitational influence of a massive central body and follows a Keplerian orbit around it ellipse parabola or hyperbola Given measurements of two positions in its orbit what…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-08-06 Philip R. Blanco

The elliptic restricted three body problem has been well studied. However, the previous formulations of the problem have used a rotating coordinate system to keep the positions of the primary and secondary on the x-axis. This requires the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Robert W. Easton

Planetary, stellar and galactic physics often rely on the general restricted gravitational N-body problem to model the motion of a small-mass object under the influence of much more massive objects. Here, I formulate the general restricted…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Dimitri Veras

In this paper, we consider several geometric inverse problems for linear elliptic systems. We prove uniqueness and stability results. In particular, we show the way that the observation depends on the perturbations of the domain. In some…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Raul K. C. Araújo , Enrique Fernández-Cara , Diego A. Souza

In this article, equilibrium points and families of periodic orbits in the vicinity of the collinear equilibrium points of a binary asteroid system are investigated with respect to the angular velocity of the secondary body, the mass ratio…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 L. B. T. Santos , Allan Kardec de Almeida , P. A. Sousa-Silva , M. O. Terra , D. M. Sanchez , S. Aljbaae , A. F. B. A. Prado , F Monteiro

Accurate gravity field calculations are necessary for landing on planets, moons, asteroids, minimoons, or other irregularly shaped bodies, but current methods become increasingly inaccurate and slow near the surface. We present high…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-26 Thomas MacLean , Alan H. Barr

We explore the properties of test-particle orbits in "bumpy" spacetimes - stationary, reflection-symmetric, asymptotically flat solutions of Einstein equations that have a non-Kerr (anomalous) higher-order multipole-moment structure but can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Jonathan R Gair , Chao Li , Ilya Mandel

We study the orbital evolution of a radiation-damped binary in the extreme mass ratio limit, and the resulting waveforms, to one order beyond what can be obtained using the conservation laws approach. The equations of motion are solved…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Lior M. Burko

Closed-Form Kepler solutions in projective coordinates are used to define a corresponding set of eight orbit elements and obtain their governing equations for arbitrarily-perturbed two-body dynamics. The elements and their dynamics are…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-16 Joseph T. A. Peterson , Manoranjan Majji , John L. Junkins

The problem of a test body in the Schwarzschild geometry is investigated in a Keplerian limit. Beginning with the Schwarzschild metric, a solution to the limited case of approximately elliptical (Keplerian) motion is derived in terms of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-05 Tyler J. Lemmon , Antonio R. Mondragon

We consider a particle moving towards a rotating black hole. We are interested in the number of its revolution $n$ around a black hole. In our previous work (Pavlov and Zaslavskii in Gen Relativ Gravit 50: 14, 2018. arXiv:1707.02860) we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-16 Yu. V. Pavlov , O. B. Zaslavskii

We look over recent developments on our understanding about relativistic matter under external electromagnetic fields and mechanical rotation. I review various calculational approaches for concrete physics problems, putting my special…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-06-26 Kenji Fukushima

In this paper we consider the central force problem in the special theory of relativity. We derive the special relativistic version of the Binet equation describing the orbit of a body. Then, the motion of a planet in a solar-like system…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-08-24 Iwan Setiawan , Ryan Sugihakim , Bobby Eka Gunara

The quasi-static solutions of the matter density perturbation in $F(R)$ gravity models have been investigated in numerous papers. However, the oscillating solutions in $F(R)$ gravity models have not been investigated enough so far. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-03 Jiro Matsumoto

Frozen orbits are always important foci of orbit design because of their valuable characteristics that their eccentricity and argument of pericentre remain constant on average. This study investigates quasi-circular frozen orbits and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-25 Xiaodong Liu , Hexi Baoyin , Xingrui Ma

This paper explores orbits in extended mass distributions and develops an analytic approximation scheme based on epicycloids (spirograph patterns). We focus on the Hernquist potential which provides a good model for many astrophysical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Fred C. Adams , Anthony M. Bloch