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A computer search for stable orbits between Jupiter and SaturnThe present experiment with test particles placed in orbits at uniform intervals between 5.7 and 8.8 AU, with randomly distributed eccentricities between 0.0 and 0.02 and inclinations between 0.0 and 0.063 rad, leads to the perception that no stable niches exist in the Jupiter-Saturn zone other than the Lagrangian points of Jupiter. These points are populated by at least 26 Trojan asteroids. The primary implication of these results for future investigations of the Saturn-Uranus-Neptune zone is that experimental design should be as selective as the dynamics of the planetary system have been shown to be.
Document ID
19900040264
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Weibel, W. M.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Kaula, W. M.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Newman, W. I.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 83
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
90A27319
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-05-007-002
Distribution Limits
Public
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