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We discuss the importance of the three-body problem in astrophysics, and present a summary of some new results which use a correspondence between the binary-tides problem and the three-body problem to derive a single formula for the stability of hierarchical triples.
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Mardling, R., Aarseth, S. (1999). Dynamics and Stability of Three-Body Systems. In: Steves, B.A., Roy, A.E. (eds) The Dynamics of Small Bodies in the Solar System. NATO ASI Series, vol 522. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9221-5_38
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