Horseshoe Periodic Orbits for Saturn Coorbital Satellites
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We consider the motion of coorbital satellites in the framework of the Restricted Three Body problem for We show a mechanism to generate horsehoe periodic orbits and we compute some families of horseshoe periodic orbits when vary ing the Jacobian constant We conclude that there exist stable horseshoe periodic orbits which t with the motion of Saturn coorbital satellites Janus and Epimetheus
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