Characterization of planar symmetric central configurations of four bodies, models, and an application [EPA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2203.14993


We overview angle-based models to study planar symmetric central configurations of four bodies. We present models to determine the masses given the shape of the configuration and the shape-type of the configuration given the masses. We also describe a diagram-based method for the counting of the shape-types in the case of the concave configurations. As an application, we determine planar symmetric central configurations containing bodies of Earth’s and Moon’s masses.

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Z. Czirják, B. Érdi and E. Forgács-Dajka
Wed, 30 Mar 22
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Comments: 15 pages, submitted to Physical Review E