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The solution by Sessin and Ferraz-Mello (Celes. Mech. 32, 307–332) of the Hori auxiliary system for the motion of two planets with periods nearly commensurate in the ratio 2∶1 is considerably simplified by the introduction of canonical variables. An analogous canonical transformation simplifies the elliptic restricted problem.
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Wisdom, J. Canonical solution of the two critical argument problem. Celestial Mechanics 38, 175–180 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01230429
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