Special Session 72: 

Numerical investigations of a simplified four body problem.

Nicole Havens
Brigham Young University
USA
Co-Author(s):    Dr. Lennard Bakker
Abstract:
The model presented bridges the circular restricted three body problem and the four body problem. We investigate orbits taken by a binary asteroid with structured initial conditions. Methods of regularizing binary collisions are applied before long-term numerical simulations are performed.