The Chaotic Obliquity of Mars
Abstract
Numerical integration of the rotation of Mars shows that the obliquity of Mars undergoes large chaotic variations. These variations occur as the system evolves in the chaotic zone associated with a secular spin-orbit resonance.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- February 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.259.5099.1294
- Bibcode:
- 1993Sci...259.1294T
- Keywords:
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- Chaos;
- Mars (Planet);
- Planetary Orbits;
- Equations Of Motion;
- Numerical Integration;
- Solar System Evolution;
- Spin Dynamics;
- Spin-Orbit Interactions;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration; Mars;
- MARS;
- OBLIQUITY;
- CHAOS;
- NUMERICAL METHODS;
- OSCILLATIONS;
- MOTION;
- ROTATION;
- RESONANCE;
- CELESTIAL MECHANICS;
- EVOLUTION;
- SPIN;
- ORBITS;
- MODELS;
- DYNAMICS;
- PARAMETERS