Random Walk in the Three-Body Problem

29/08/2008

Dr. Edward Belbruno
Princeton University - Universidad Sergio Arboleda

The process of random walk is described, in general, and how it can be applied in the three-body problem. Several applications are discussed. The main one is on the evolution of horseshoe orbits and their transition to breakout motion in the restricted three-body problem. This connection is related to their use for an Earth-impactor in a theory on the formation of the Moon.