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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 316 4 vii Solution by
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Let be the outer body's argument of latitude in the nearly circular limit and let be its azimuth in the frame rotating with . At the libration centre,Viewed along the star-- line, the projected coordinates therefore have the schematic formThis relation is the general sketch prescription. For the simplest resonance it is a figure-eight-like curve, with conjunctions on the vertical axis at maximum positive or negative height and node crossings in the reference plane. More generally the curve repeats with the vertical oscillations and two relative azimuthal circuits required by the commensurability.
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