AppDynSys : Celestial Dynamics : Sitnikov Problem
One of the nicest examples of chaos in a simple gravitational system was studied by Sitnikov: http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/S...
This invovles placing a small mass balanced perfectly between two equal co-orbiting large masses. When these large masses are moving along circles, one gets periodic motion; however, for eccentric ellipses, one can see chaotic dynamics.
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