Restricted Three Body Problem with Stokes Drag Effect

Mamta Jain¹, Rajiv Aggarwal^2*

¹Department of Mathematics, Shri Venkateshwara University, Gajraula, India.
²Department of Mathematics, Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ijaa.2015.52013                

Abstract

The existence and stability of stationary solutions of the restricted three body problem under the effect of the dissipative force, Stokes drag, are investigated. It is observed that there exist two non collinear stationary solutions. Further, it is also found that these stationary solutions are unstable for all values of the parameters.

Keywords

Restricted Three Body Problem, Libration Points, Linear Stability, Dissipative Forces, Stokes Drag

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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