Universe (May 2023)

Regular Polygon Central Configuration of the Restricted 1 + <i>N</i>-Body Problem

  • Jian Chen,
  • Peng Bi,
  • Mingfang Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9060254
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 6
p. 254

Abstract

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We consider the central configurations of the 1+N-body problem, where N bodies are infinitesimal and the remaining one body is dominant. For regular polygon central configurations, we prove that the masses of all the infinitesimal bodies are equal when N is odd and the masses of the alternate infinitesimal bodies must be equal when N is even. Moreover, in the case of N being even, we present the relationship of the mass parameters between two consecutive infinitesimal bodies.

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