Restricted Three-Body Problem in 3D

Explore the restricted three-body problem in three dimensions—a classic problem in celestial mechanics—by varying the initial positions and velocities of a particle moving around two fixed masses, whose masses are μ and 1-μ.

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Contributed by: Enrique Zeleny

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