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Numerical evidence that the motion of Pluto is chaoticThe 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.
Document ID
19880059122
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Sussman, Gerald Jay (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Wisdom, Jack (MIT Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
July 22, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 241
ISSN: 0036-8075
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
88A46349
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00014-86-K-0180
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-706
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Public
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