The chaotic obliquity of the planets

Details The chaotic obliquity of the planets The chaotic obliquity of the planets

Feb 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993natur.361..608l&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 361, no. 6413, p. 608-612.

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Chaos, Orbit Perturbation, Planetary Rotation, Secular Variations, Solar System Evolution, Mars (Planet), Mercury (Planet), Spin Stabilization, Venus (Planet), Planets, Obliquity, Chaos Theory, Numerical Methods, Stability, Orbits, Perturbations, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Mercury (Planet), Venus, Tidal Effects, Earth, Moon, Satellites, Dynamics, Precession, History, Procedure, Rotation, Comparisons, Calculations, Parameters, Resonance, Outer Planets, Gas Planets, Dissipation, Spin

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Numerical study of the global stability of the spin-axis orientation (obliquity) of the planets against secular orbital perturbations shows that all of the terrestrial planets could have experienced large, chaotic variations in obliquity at some time in the past. The obliquity of Mars is still in a large chaotic region, ranging from 0 to 60 deg. Mercury and Venus have been stabilized by tidal dissipation, and the earth may have been stabilized by capture of the moon. None of the obliquities of the terrestrial planets can therefore be considered as primordial.

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