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On plane oscillations of a pendulum with variable length suspended on the surface of a planet’s satellite

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The problem of planar oscillations of a pendulum with variable length suspended on the Moon’s surface is considered. It is assumed that the Earth and Moon (or, in the general case, a planet and its satellite, or an asteroid and a spacecraft) revolve around the common center of mass in unperturbed elliptical Keplerian orbits. We discuss how the change in length of a pendulum can be used to compensate its oscillations. We wrote equations of motion, indicated a rule for the change in length of a pendulum, at which it has equilibrium positions relative to the coordinate system rotating together with the Moon and Earth. We study the necessary conditions for the stability of these motions. Chaotic dynamics of the pendulum is studied numerically and analytically.

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    A. A. Burov, A. D. German & I. I. Kosenko

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Burov, A.D. German, I.I. Kosenko, 2014, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2014, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 307–312.

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Burov, A.A., German, A.D. & Kosenko, I.I. On plane oscillations of a pendulum with variable length suspended on the surface of a planet’s satellite. Cosmic Res 52, 289–294 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952514040029

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