We consider the central configurations of the 1+N-body problem, where N bodies are infinitesimal and the remaining one body is dominant. For regular polygon central configurations, we prove that the… Click to show full abstract
We consider the central configurations of the 1+N-body problem, where N bodies are infinitesimal and the remaining one body is dominant. For regular polygon central configurations, we prove that the masses of all the infinitesimal bodies are equal when N is odd and the masses of the alternate infinitesimal bodies must be equal when N is even. Moreover, in the case of N being even, we present the relationship of the mass parameters between two consecutive infinitesimal bodies.
               
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