The Stochasticity of Peculiar Orbits in the 2/1 Kirkwood Gap
Abstract
We apply the theory of the Liapunov characteristic numbers to the investigation of the stochasticity of orbits in the 2/1 Kirkwood gap which were previously studied by the authors with the graphical surface of section method. The computation of the largest Liapunov characteristic number for these orbits indicates a very weak stochasticity which supports the previous findings that even the few "ergodic" orbits in the Kirkwood gaps are surprisingly stable.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- January 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981A&A....93...62F