A radial limit on polar circumbinary orbits from general relativity
Stephen Lepp,
Rebecca G. Martin,
Anna C. Childs
Abstract:A particle orbiting a misaligned eccentric orbit binary undergoes nodal precession either around the binary angular momentum vector (a circulating orbit) or around a stationary inclination (a librating orbit). In the absence of general relativity, the stationary inclination is inclined by 90 • to the binary angular momentum vector (aligned with the binary eccentricity vector) and does not depend on the particle semi-major axis. General relativity causes apsidal precession of the binary orbit. Close to the bina… Show more
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