Box Orbit

In the stellar orbit a box represents a specific type of orbit that occurs in triaxial systems. These are systems that do not have symmetry around one of its coordinate axes. The box orbits are therefore counter parts to the loop orbits that occur in spherically symmetric or axisymmetric systems.

In a box orbit the star oscillates independently along the three different axes as it moves through the system. As a result of this movement, it occupies about a box-shaped region in space. In contrast to the loop orbit the stars can come to box orbits the center of the system as close as desired. In a special case, if the frequencies of oscillation are commensurate in different directions, of the orbit is located on a one - or two-dimensional manifold, and can avoid the center. Such orbits are sometimes called " Boxlets ".

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