The Stability of Terrestrial Planets in Systems with a Planet in the Asteroid Region

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Oct 2000

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American Astronomical Society, DPS Meeting #32, #60.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.1116

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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If a planetary-mass body were present in the asteroid belt, the orbits of the terrestrial planets and those of the giant planets would be more closely coupled. A greater exchange in angular momentum could affect the stability of the terrestrial planets. To study this effect, we have simulated several systems consisting of the Solar System planets and a 0.1 - 10 Earth mass object on the orbit of a main belt asteroid. An integration with Ceres at 5 Earth masses remained stable for a billion years. Ceres at 10 Earth masses, however, caused the system to become unstable at ~ 25 - 50 million years. When additional mass was given to both Ceres (bringing it up to 5 Earth masses) and Mars (1 Earth mass), the systems self-destructed within ~ 40 million years. Systems with Pallas at 5 Earth masses became unstable at 150 - 170 million years. Vesta at 5 Earth masses caused the system to become unstable in as little as 13 million years, but systems with Vesta at 2 Earth masses remained stable for 100 million years. This research was supported in part by NASA's OSSRP under grant NAG5-9680.

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