  We construct finite energy foliations and transverse foliations of
neighbourhoods of the circular orbits in the rotating Kepler problem for all
negative energies. This paper would be a first step towards our ultimate goal
that is to recover and refine McGehee's results on homoclinics and to establish
a theoretical foundation to the numerical demonstration of the existence of a
homoclinic-heteroclinic chain in the planar circular restricted three-body
problem, using pseudoholomorphic curves.
