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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 316 1 vii Solution by
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For the exterior mean-motion resonance, , . The truncated dissipative resonant eccentricity equilibrium givesFor weak drag and , take the resonant-argument libration centre . The pericentre geometry of an exterior resonance then places the three pericentres at angles , , and relative to the planet. The trajectory closes after three particle orbits and five planet orbits. It moves retrograde in the rotating frame on average but develops a prograde loop near each periapsis, because the periapsis angular speed exceeds the planet's angular speed.
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