Numerical Evidence that the Motion of Pluto is Chaotic
Author(s) •
Sussman, Gerald Jay
Wisdom, Jack
Date Issued
April 1, 1988
Series/Report no.
AIM-1039
Abstract
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.
Subjects
dynamics
orrery
chaos
numerical methods
Pluto
solarssystem
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