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Boundary-value problem formulations for computing invariant manifolds and connecting orbits in the circular restricted three body problem

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We demonstrate the remarkable effectiveness of boundary value formulations coupled to numerical continuation for the computation of stable and unstable manifolds in systems of ordinary differential equations. Specifically, we consider the circular restricted three-body problem (CR3BP), which models the motion of a satellite in an Earth–Moon-like system. The CR3BP has many well-known families of periodic orbits, such as the planar Lyapunov orbits and the non-planar vertical and halo orbits. We compute the unstable manifolds of selected vertical and halo orbits, which in several cases leads to the detection of heteroclinic connections from such a periodic orbit to invariant tori. Subsequent continuation of these connecting orbits with a suitable end point condition and allowing the energy level to vary leads to the further detection of apparent homoclinic connections from the base periodic orbit to itself, or the detection of heteroclinic connections from the base periodic orbit to other periodic orbits. Some of these connecting orbits are of potential interest in space mission design.

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    R. C. Calleja & A. R. Humphries

  2. Computer Science, Concordia University, 1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O., Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8, Canada

    E. J. Doedel & E. B. Oldeman

  3. Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University, 1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O., Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8, Canada

    A. Lemus-Rodríguez

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Calleja, R.C., Doedel, E.J., Humphries, A.R. et al. Boundary-value problem formulations for computing invariant manifolds and connecting orbits in the circular restricted three body problem. Celest Mech Dyn Astr 114, 77–106 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-012-9434-y

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