Note on $120$ degree axial coordinates
Author:
W. E. Bleick
Journal:
Quart. Appl. Math. 43 (1985), 125-126
MSC:
Primary 70B99; Secondary 51N20
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/782261
MathSciNet review:
782261
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Abstract: Recently the author introduced [1] a symmetrical system of distance coordinates for studying the planar motion of a three-body system of point masses in its internal degrees of freedom, and applied them to the small vibration problem. Subsequently he applied them [2] to the gravitational three-body problem. The purpose of this note is to give a geometrical identification of the auxiliary angles ${\theta _{1,}}{\theta _{2,}}$, and ${\theta _3}$, related to the system, and to prove the identity which they satisfy.
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