On the Inclination Distribution of the Jovian Irregular Satellites

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Aug 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002icar..158..434c&link_type=abstract

Icarus, Volume 158, Issue 2, p. 434-449.

Physics

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Irregular satellites-moons that occupy large orbits of significant eccentricity e and/or inclination I-circle each of the giant planets. The irregulars often extend close to the orbital stability limit, about 1/3-1/2 of the way to the edge of their planet's Hill sphere. The distant, elongated, and inclined orbits suggest capture, which presumably would give a random distribution of inclinations. Yet, no known irregulars have inclinations (relative to the ecliptic) between 47 and 141°. This paper shows that many high-I orbits are unstable due to secular solar perturbations. High-inclination orbits suffer appreciable periodic changes in eccentricity; large eccentricities can either drive particles with ~70°

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