Fig. B.1
Period of small oscillations about the two kinds of circular Laplace equilibrium. Top: coplanar equilibrium; bottom: orthogonal equilibrium. In the grey zone, the equilibrium point is unstable against eccentricity growth; accordingly, the oscillation period of eccentricity is replaced by the period T after which the eccentricity is multiplied by exp(2π) ≈ 535 (black curve).
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