Chaos and stability of the solar system |
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Authors: | Malhotra R Holman M Ito T |
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Affiliation: | University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. renu@lpl.arizona.edu |
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Abstract: | Over the last two decades, there has come about a recognition that chaotic dynamics is pervasive in the solar system. We now understand that the orbits of small members of the solar system-asteroids, comets, and interplanetary dust-are chaotic and undergo large changes on geological time scales. Are the major planets' orbits also chaotic? The answer is not straightforward, and the subtleties have prompted new questions. |
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