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We introduce a three-dimensional version of Hill’s problem with oblate secondary, determine its equilibrium points and their stability and explore numerically its network of families of simple periodic orbits in the plane, paying special attention to the evolution of this network for increasing oblateness of the secondary. We obtain some interesting results that differentiate this from the classical problem. Among these is the eventual disappearance of the basic family g′ of the classical Hill problem and the existence of out-of-plane equilibrium points and a family of simple-periodic plane orbits non-symmetric with respect to the x-axis.
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During this work one of the authors (A.E.P.) was in receipt of a ``K. Karatheodory'' research grant.
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Perdiou, A., Markellos, V. & Douskos, C. THE HILL PROBLEM WITH OBLATE SECONDARY: NUMERICAL EXPLORATION. Earth Moon Planet 97, 127–145 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11038-006-9065-y
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