A characteristic parameter of librating orbits
Abstract
A certain parameter M(asterisk) connecting the positions of Jupiter and an asteroid in a resonance orbit at the initial time is introduced. For a given commensurability with a fixed initial eccentricity the parameter M(asterisk) uniquely determines the evolution of the resonance orbit. It has high temporal stability, which can be used for numerical calculations of the evolution of resonance orbits over long time intervals.
- Publication:
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Astronomicheskii Vestnik
- Pub Date:
- July 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984AVest..18...28K
- Keywords:
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- Asteroids;
- Jupiter (Planet);
- Librational Motion;
- Solar Orbits;
- Eccentric Orbits;
- Orbital Resonances (Celestial Mechanics);
- Astronomy