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itisnotclearatthemomentwhythevenus–earthpairexhibitsanegativecorrelationinenergyexchangeandapositivecorrelationinangularmomentumexchange.wemaypossiblyexplainthisthroughobservingthegeneralfactthattherearenoseculartermsinplanetarysemimajoraxesuptosecond-orderperturbationtheories(cf.brouwer&clemence1961;boccaletti&pucacco1998).thismeansthattheplanetaryorbitalenergy(whichisdirectlyrelatedtothesemimajoraxisa)mightbemuchlessaffectedbyperturbingplanetsthanistheangularmomentumexchange(whichrelatestoe).hence,theeccentricitiesofvenusandearthcanbedisturbedeasilybyjupiterandsaturn,whichresultsinapositivecorrelationintheangularmomentumexchange.ontheotherhand,thesemimajoraxesofvenusandeartharelesslikelytobedisturbedbythejovianplanets.thustheenergyexchangemaybelimitedonlywithinthevenus–earthpair,whichresultsinanegativecorrelationintheexchangeoforbitalenergyinthepair.

asfortheouterjovianplanetarysubsystem,jupiter–saturnanduranus–neptuneseemtomakedynamicalpairs.however,thestrengthoftheircouplingisnotasstronparedwiththatofthevenus–earthpair.

5±5x1010-yrintegrationsofouterplanetaryorbits

sincethejovianplanetarymassesaremuchlargerthantheterrestrialplanetarymasses,wetreatthejovianplanetarysystemasanindependentplanetarysystemintermsofthestudyofitsdynamicalstability.hence,weaddedacoupleoftrialintegrationsthatspan±5x1010yr,includingonlytheouterfiveplanets(thefourjovianplanetspluspluto).theresultsexhibittherigorousstabilityoftheouterplanetarysystemoverthislongtime-span.orbitalconfigurations(fig.12),andvariationofeccentricitiesandinclinations(fig.13)showthisverylong-termstabilityoftheouterfiveplanetsinboththetimeandthefrequencydomains.althoughwedonotshowmapshere,thetypicalfrequencyoftheorbitaloscillationofplutoandtheotherouterplanetsisalmostconstantduringtheseverylong-termintegrationperiods,whichisdemonstratedinthetime–frequencymapsonourwebpage.

inthesetwointegrations,therelativenumericalerrorinthetotalenergywas~10?6andthatofthetotalangularmomentumwas~10?10.

5.1resonancesintheneptune–plutosystem

kinoshita&nakai(1996)integratedtheouterfiveplanetaryorbitsover±5.5x109yr.theyfoundthatfourmajorresonancesbetweenneptuneandplutoaremaintainedduringthewholeintegrationperiod,andthattheresonancesmaybethemaincausesofthestabilityoftheorbitofpluto.themajorfourresonancesfoundinpreviousresearchareasfollows.inthefollowingdescription,λdenotesthemeanlongitude,Ωisthelongitudeoftheascendingnodeand?isthelongitudeofperihelion.subscriptspandndenoteplutoandneptune.

meanmotionresonancebetweenneptuneandpluto(3:2).thecriticalargumentθ1=3λp?2λn??plibratesaround180°withanamplitudeofabout80°andalibrationperiodofabout2x104yr.

theargumentofperihelionofplutowp=θ2=?p?Ωplibratesaround90°withaperiodofabout3.8x106yr.thedominantperiodicvariationsoftheeccentricityandinclinationofplutoaresynchronizedwiththelibrationofitsargumentofperihelion.thisisanticipatedinthesecularperturbationtheoryconstructedbykozai(1962).

thelongitudeofthenodeofplutoreferredtothelongitudeofthenodeofneptune,θ3=Ωp?Ωn,circulatesandtheperiodofthiscirculationisequaltotheperiodofθ2libration.whenθ3beszero,i.e.thelongitudesofascendingnodesofneptuneandplutooverlap,theinclinationofplutobesmaximum,theeccentricitybesminimumandtheargumentofperihelionbes90°.whenθ3bes180°,theinclinationofplutobesminimum,theeccentricitybesmaximumandtheargumentofperihelionbes90°again.williams&benson(1971)anticipatedthistypeofresonance,laterconfirmedbymilani,nobili&carpino(1989).

anargumentθ4=?p??n+3(Ωp?Ωn)libratesaround180°withalongperiod,~5.7x108yr.

inournumericalintegrations,theresonances(i)–(iii)arewellmaintained,andvariationofthecriticalargumentsθ1,θ2,θ3remainsimilarduringthewholeintegrationperiod(figs14–16).however,thefourthresonance(iv)appearstobedifferent:thecriticalargumentθ4alternateslibrationandcirculationovera1010-yrtime-scale(fig.17).thisisaninterestingfactthatkinoshita&nakai's(1995,1996)shorterintegrationswerenotabletodisclose.

6discussion

whatkindofdynamicalmechanismmaintainsthislong-termstabilityoftheplanetarysystem?wecanimmediatelythinkoftwomajorfeaturesthatmayberesponsibleforthelong-termstability.first,thereseemtobenosignificantlower-orderresonances(meanmotionandsecular)betweenanypairamongthenineplanets.jupiterandsaturnareclosetoa5:2meanmotionresonance(thefamous‘greatinequality’),butnotjustintheresonancezone.higher-orderresonancesmaycausethechaoticnatureoftheplanetarydynamicalmotion,buttheyarenotsostrongastodestroythestableplanetarymotionwithinthelifetimeoftherealsolarsystem.thesecondfeature,whichwethinkismoreimportantforthelong-termstabilityofourplanetarysystem,isthedifferenceindynamicaldistancebetweenterrestrialandjovianplanetarysubsystems(ito&tanikawa1999,2001).whenwemeasureplanetaryseparationsbythemutualhillradii(r_),separationsamongterrestrialplanetsaregreaterthan26rh,whereasthoseamongjovianplanetsarelessthan14rh.thisdifferenceisdirectlyrelatedtothedifferencebetweendynamicalfeaturesofterrestrialandjovianplanets.terrestrialplanetshavesmallermasses,shorterorbitalperiodsandwiderdynamicalseparation.theyarestronglyperturbedbyjovianplanetsthathavelargermasses,longerorbitalperiodsandnarrowerdynamicalseparation.jovianplanetsarenotperturbedbyanyothermassivebodies.

thepresentterrestrialplanetarysystemisstillbeingdisturbedbythemassivejovianplanets.however,thewideseparationandmutualinteractionamongtheterrestrialplanetsrendersthedisturbanceineffective;thedegreeofdisturbancebyjovianplanetsiso(ej)(orderofmagnitudeoftheeccentricityofjupiter),sincethedisturbancecausedbyjovianplanetsisaforcedoscillationhavinganamplitudeofo(ej).heighteningofeccentricity,forexampleo(ej)~0.05,isfarfromsufficienttoprovokeinstabilityintheterrestrialplanetshavingsuchawideseparationas26rh.thusweassumethatthepresentwidedynamicalseparationamongterrestrialplanets(>26rh)isprobablyoneofthemostsignificantconditionsformaintainingthestabilityoftheplanetarysystemovera109-yrtime-span.ourdetailedanalysisoftherelationshipbetweendynamicaldistancebetweenplanetsandtheinstabilitytime-scaleofsolarsystemplanetarymotionisnowon-going.

althoughournumericalintegrationsspanthelifetimeofthesolarsystem,thenumberofintegrationsisfarfromsufficienttofilltheinitialphasespace.itisnecessarytoperformmoreandmorenumericalintegrationstoconfirmandexamineindetailthelong-termstabilityofourplanetarydynamics.

——以上文段引自ito,t.&tanikawa,k.long-termintegrationsandstabilityofplanetaryorbitsinoursolarsystem.mon.not.r.astron.soc.336,483–500(2002)

这只是作者君参考的一篇文章,关于太阳系的稳定性。

还有其他论文,不过也都是英文的,相关课题的中文文献很少,那些论文下载一篇要九美元(《nature》真是暴利),作者君写这篇文章的时候已经回家,不在检测中心,所以没有数据库的使用权,下不起,就不贴上来了。

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