The Stability of Quasi Satellites in the Outer Solar System

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Apr 2000

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The Astronomical Journal, Volume 119, Issue 4, pp. 1978-1984.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Minor Planets, Asteroids, Planets And Satellites: Individual (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)

Scientific paper

Quasi satellites are bodies in a particular configuration of a 1:1 mean motion resonance, one in which they librate about the longitude of their associated planet. We investigate numerically the stability of such orbits around the giant planets of our solar system. We find that test particles can remain on quasi-satellite orbits around Uranus and Neptune for times up to 109 yr in some cases, though only at low inclinations relative to their accompanying planet and over a restricted range of heliocentric eccentricities. These stable areas are well outside the traditional satellite region. Based on these results, we conclude that a primordial population of such objects may still exist in our solar system.

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