Numerical Evidence that the Motion of Pluto is Chaotic
The Digital Orrery has been used to perform an integration of the motion of the outer planets for 845 million years. This integration indicates that the long-term motion of the planet Pluto is chaotic. Nearby trajectories diverge exponentially with an e-folding time of only about 20 million ye...
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| description | The Digital Orrery has been used to perform an integration of the motion of the outer planets for 845 million years. This integration indicates that the long-term motion of the planet Pluto is chaotic. Nearby trajectories diverge exponentially with an e-folding time of only about 20 million years. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/60382019-04-11T00:13:29Z Numerical Evidence that the Motion of Pluto is Chaotic Sussman, Gerald Jay Wisdom, Jack dynamics orrery chaos numerical methods Pluto solarssystem The Digital Orrery has been used to perform an integration of the motion of the outer planets for 845 million years. This integration indicates that the long-term motion of the planet Pluto is chaotic. Nearby trajectories diverge exponentially with an e-folding time of only about 20 million years. 2004-10-04T14:36:38Z 2004-10-04T14:36:38Z 1988-04-01 AIM-1039 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6038 en_US AIM-1039 18 p. 2648967 bytes 1066764 bytes application/postscript application/pdf application/postscript application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | dynamics orrery chaos numerical methods Pluto solarssystem Sussman, Gerald Jay Wisdom, Jack Numerical Evidence that the Motion of Pluto is Chaotic |
| title | Numerical Evidence that the Motion of Pluto is Chaotic |
| title_full | Numerical Evidence that the Motion of Pluto is Chaotic |
| title_fullStr | Numerical Evidence that the Motion of Pluto is Chaotic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerical Evidence that the Motion of Pluto is Chaotic |
| title_short | Numerical Evidence that the Motion of Pluto is Chaotic |
| title_sort | numerical evidence that the motion of pluto is chaotic |
| topic | dynamics orrery chaos numerical methods Pluto solarssystem |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6038 |
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