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long-terntegrationsandstabilityofplaaryorbitsinoursolarsystebr />
abstract
wepresenttheresultsofverylong-teruricalintegrationsofplaaryorbitaltionsover109-yrti-spansinc露dingallnineplas.aquickinspectionofournuricaldatashowsthattheplaarytion,atleastinoursiledynacaldel,seetobequitestableevenoverthisverylongti-span.acloserlookatthelowest-frequencyoscillationsusingalow-passfiltershowsusthepotentiallydiffusivecharacterofterrestrialplaarytion,especiallythatofrcury.entricityofrcuryinourintegrationsisqualitativelysilartotheresultsfroacqueslaskarssecularperturbationtheory(e.g.ex~0.35over~±4gyr).however,entricityorinclinationinanyorbitalelentsoftheplas,whichyberevealedbystilllonger-teruricalintegrations.wehavealsoperfordacoupleoftrialintegrationsinc露dingtionsoftheouterfiveplasoverthedurationof±5x1010yr.theresultindicatesthatthethreejorresonancesintheneptune–p露tosysteavebeenintainedoverthe1011-yrti-span.
1introduction
1.1definitionoftheproblebr />
thequestionofthestabilityofoursolarsysteasbeendebatedoverseveral混dredyears,sincetheeraofnewton.theprobleasattractednyfaustheticiansovertheyearsandhasplayedacentralroleinthedevelopntofnon-lineardynacsandchaostheory.however,wedonotyethaveadefiniteanswertothequestionofwhetheroursolarsystesstableornot.thisispartlyaresultofthefactthatthedefinitionoftheterstability’isvaguewhenitisusedinrelationtotheproblefplaarytioninthesolarsysteactuallyitisnoteasytogiveaclear,rigorousandphysicallyaningfuldefinitionofthestabilityofoursolarsyste
angnydefinitionsofstability,hereweadoptthehilldefinition(gladn1993):actuallythisisnotadefinitionofstability,butofinstability.urssowhereinthesystestarfrocertaininitialconfiguration(chaers,wetherill&a;a;a;a;boss1996;ito&a;a;a;a;tanikawa1999).asystesdefinedasexperiencingacloseencounterwhentwobodiesapproachoneanotherwithinanareaofthelargerhillradius.otherwisethesystesdefinedasbeingstable.henceforwardwestatethatourplaarysystesdynacallystableifnocloseencounterhappensduringtheageofoursolarsysteabout±5gyr.incidentally,urrenceofanyorbitalcrossingbetweeneitherofapairofplastakesplace.thisisbecauseweknowfroxperiencethatanorbitalcrossingisverylikelytoleadtoacloseencounterinplaaryandprotoplaarysyste(yoshinaga,kokubo&a;a;a;a;kino1999).ofcoursethisstatentcannotbesilyappliedtosystewithstableorbitalresonancessuchastheneptune–p露tosyste
1.2previousstudiesandaiofthisresearch
inadditiontothevaguenessoftheconceptofstability,theplasinoursolarsystehowacharactertypicalofdynacalchaos(sussn&a;a;a;a;wisdo988,1992).thecauseofthischaoticbehaviourisnowpartl玉nderstoodasbeingaresultofresonanceoverlapping(rray&a;a;a;a;holn1999;lecar,franklin&a;a;a;a;holn2001).however,itwouldrequireintegraoveranenseleofplaarysysteinc露dingallnineplasforaperiodcoveringseveral10gyrtothoroughl玉nderstandthelong-tervo露tionofplaaryorbits,sincechaoticdynacalsystearecharacterizedbytheirstrongdependenceoninitialconditions.
frohatpointofview,nyofthepreviouslong-teruricalintegrationsinc露dedonlytheouterfiveplas(sussn&a;a;a;a;wisdo988;kinoshita&a;a;a;a;nakai1996).thisisbecausetheorbitalperiodsoftheouterplasaresochlongerthanthoseoftheinnerfourplasthatitischeasiertofollowthesysteoragivenintegrationperiod.atpresent,thelongestnuricalintegrationspublishedinjournalsarethoseofduncan&a;a;a;a;lissauer(1998).althoughtheirintargetwastheeffectofpost-in-sequencesolarsslossonthestabilityofplaaryorbits,theyperfordnyintegrationscoveringupto~1011yroftheorbitaltionsofthefourjovianplas.theinitialorbitalelentsandssesofplasarethesaasthoseofoursolarsystenduncan&a;a;a;a;lissauerspaper,buttheydecreasethessofthesungraduallyintheirnuricalexperints.thisisbecausetheyconsidertheeffectofpost-in-sequencesolarsslossinthepaper.consequently,theyfoundthatthecrossingti-scaleofplaaryorbits,whichcanbeatypicalindicatoroftheinstabilityti-scale,isquitesensitivetotherateofssdecreaseofthesun.whenthessofthesunisclosetoitspresentva露e,thejovianplasreinstableover1010yr,orperhapslonger.duncan&a;a;a;a;lissaueralsoperfordfoursilarexperintsontheorbitaltionofsevenplas(venustoneptune),whichcoveraspanof~109yr.theirexperintsonthesevenplasarenotyeprehensive,butitseethattheterrestrialplasalsoreinstableduringtheintegrationperiod,intainingalstregularoscillations.
ontheotherhand,uratese-analyticalsecularperturbationtheory(laskar1988),entricitiesandinclinationsoftheterrestrialplas,especiallyofrcuryandrsonati-scaleofseveral109yr(laskar1996).theresultsoflaskarssecularperturbationtheoryshouldbeconfirdandinvestigatedbyfullynuricalintegrations.
inthispaperwepresentprelinaryresultsofsixlong-teruricalintegrationsonallnineplaaryorbits,coveringaspanofseveral109yr,andoftwootherintegrationscoveringaspanof±5x1010yr.thetotalelapsedtiforallintegrationsisrethan5yr,usingseveraldedicatedpcsandworkstations.oneofthefundantalconc露sionsofourlong-terntegrationsisthatsolarsystelaarytionseetobestableinterofthehillstabilityntionedabove,atleastoverati-spanof±4gyr.actually,inournuricalintegrationsthesysteasfarrestablethanwhatisdefinedbythehillstabilitycriterion:notonlydidnocloseencounterhappenduringtheintegrationperiod,butalsoalltheplaaryorbitalelentshavebeenconfinedinanarrowregionbothintiandfrequencydoin,thoughplaarytionsarestochastic.sincethepurposeofthispaperistoexhibitandoverviewtheresultsofourlong-teruricalintegrations,weshowtypicalexalefiguresasevidenceoftheverylong-tertabilityofsolarsystelaarytion.forreaderswhohaverespecificanddeeperinterestsinournuricalresults,wehavepreparedawebpage(aess),whereweshowraworbitalelents,theirlow-passfilteredresults,variationofdelaunayelentsandangularntueficit,andresultsofoursileti–frequencyanalysisonallofourintegrations.
insection2webrieflyexplainourdynacaldel,nuricalthodandinitialconditionsusedinourintegrations.section3isdevotedtoadescriptionofthequickresultsofthenuricalintegrations.verylong-tertabilityofsolarsystelaarytionisapparentbothinplaarypositionsandorbitalelents.aroughestitionofnuricalerrorsisalsogiven.section4goesontoadiscussionofthelongest-terariationofplaaryorbitsusingalow-passfilterandinc露desadiscussionofangularntueficit.insection5,wepresentasetofnuricalintegrationsfortheouterfiveplasthatspans±5x1010yr.insection6wealsodiscussthelong-tertabilityoftheplaarytionanditspossiblecause.
2descriptionofthenuricalintegrations
(本部分涉及比较复杂的积分计算,作者君就不贴上来了,贴上来了起点也不一定能成功显示。)
2.3nuricalthod
weutilizeasecond-orderwisdoholnsylecticpasourinintegrationthod(wisdoa;a;a;a;holn1991;kinoshita,yoshida&a;a;a;a;nakai1991)withaspecialstart-upproceduretoreducethetruncationerrorofanglevariables,‘wartart’(saha&a;a;a;a;treine1992,1994).
thestepsizeforthenuricalintegrationsis8dthroughoutallintegrationsofthenineplas(n±1,2,3),whichisabout1/11oftheorbitalperiodoftheinnerstpla(rcury).asforthedeternationofstepsize,wepartlyfollowthepreviousnuricalintegrationofallnineplasinsussn&a;a;a;a;wisdo1988,7.2d)andsaha&a;a;a;a;treine(1994,225/32d).ulationofround-offerrorinthputationprocesses.inrelationtothis,wisdoa;a;a;a;holn(1991)perfordnuricalintegrationsoftheouterfiveplaaryorbitsusingthesylecticpwithastepsizeof400d,1/10.83oftheorbitalperiodofjupiter.urateenough,whichpartlyjustifiesourthodofdeterningthestepsize.however,entricityofjupiter(~0.05)ischsllerthanthatofrcury(~0.2),weneedsocarewhenwparetheseintegrationssilyinterofstepsizes.
intheintegrationoftheouterfiveplas(f±),wefixedthestepsizeat400d.
weadoptgaussfandgfunctionsinthesylecticptogetherwiththethird-orderhalleythod(danby1992)asasolverforkeplerequations.thenuerofxiterationswesetinhalleysthodis15,buttheyneverreachedthexinanyofourintegrations.
theintervalofthedataoutputis200000d(~547yr)forthecalculationsofallnineplas(n±1,2,3),andabout8000000d(~21903yr)fortheintegrationoftheouterfiveplas(f±).
althoughnooutputfilteringwasdonewhenthenuricalintegrationswereinprocess,weappliedalow-passfiltertotheraworbitaldataafterwehapletedallthecalculations.seesection4.1forredetail.
2.4errorestition
2.4.1relativeerrorsintotalenergyandangularntubr />
aordingtooneofthebasicpropertiesofsylecticintegrators,whichconservethephysicallyconservativequantitieswell(totalorbitalenergyandangularntu,ourlong-teruricalintegrationsseeohavebeenperfordwithverysllerrors.theaveragedrelativeerrorsoftotalenergy(~10?9)andoftotalangularntu~10?11)havereinednearlyconstantthroughouttheintegrationperiod(fig.1).thespecialstartupprocedure,wartart,wouldhavereducedtheaveragedrelativeerrorintotalenergybyaboutoneorderofgnitudeorre.
relativenuricalerrorofthetotalangularntua/a0andthetotalenergyδe/e0inournuricalintegrationsn±1,2,3,whereδeandδaaretheabso露techangeofthetotalenergyandtotalangularnturespectively,ande0anda0aretheirinitialva露es.thehorizonta露nitisgyr.
notethatdifferentoperasyste,differenttheticallibraries,anddifferenthardwarearchitecturesresultindifferentnuricalerrors,throughthevariationsinround-offerrorhandlingandnuricalalgorith.intheupperpaneloffig.1,wecanrecognizethissituationinthesecularnuricalerrorinthetotalangularntuwhichshouldberigorouslypreserveduptochine-eprecision.
2.4.2errorinplaarylongitudes
sincethesylecticpspreservetotalenergyandtotalangularntufn-bodydynacalsysteinherentlywell,uracyofnuricalintegrations,especiallyasaasureofthepositionalerrorofplas,i.e.theerrorinplaarylongitudes.toestitethenuricalerrorintheplaarylongitudes,weperfordthefollowingprocedures.wparedtheresultofourinlong-terntegrationswithsotestintegrations,uracythantheinintegrations.forthispurpose,urateintegrationwithastepsizeof0.125d(1/64oftheinintegrations)spanning3x105yr,starwiththesainitialconditionsasinthen?1integration.weconsiderthatthistestintegrationprovidesuswitha‘pseudo-true’so露tionofplaaryorbitalevo露tion.next,wparethetestintegrationwiththeinintegration,n?1.fortheperiodof3x105yr,weseeadifferenceinananoliesoftheearthbetweenthetwointegrationsof~0.52°(inthecaseofthen?1integration).thisdifferencecanbeextrapolatedtotheva露e~8700°,about25rotationsofearthafter5gyr,sincetheerroroflongitudesincreaseslinearlywithtiinthesylecticp.silarly,thelongitudeerrorofp露tocanbeestitedas~12°.thisva露eforp露toischbetterthantheresultinkinoshita&a;a;a;a;nakai(1996)wherethedifferenceisestitedas~60°.
3nuricalresults–i.glanceattherawdata
inthissectionwebrieflyreviewthelong-tertabilityofplaaryorbitaltionthroughsosnapshotsofrawnuricaldata.theorbitaltionofplasindicateslong-tertabilityinallofournuricalintegrations:noorbitalcrossingsnorcloseencountersbetweenanypairofplastookplace.
3.1generaldescriptionofthestabilityofplaaryorbits
first,webrieflylookatthegeneralcharacterofthelong-tertabilityofplaaryorbits.ourinterestherefocusesparticularlyontheinnerfourterrestrialplasforwhichtheorbitalti-scalesarechshorterthanthoseoftheouterfiveplas.aswecanseeclearlyfroheplanarorbitalconfigurationsshowninfigs2and3,orbitalpositionsoftheterrestrialplasdifferlittlebetweentheinitialandfinalpartofeachnuricalintegration,whichspansseveralgyr.thesolidlinesdenothepresentorbitsoftheplasliealstwithintheswarfdotseveninthefinalpartofintegrations(b)and(d).thisindicatesthatthroughouttheentireintegrationperiodthealstregularvariationsofplaaryorbitaltionreinnearlythesaastheyareatpresent.
verticalviewofthefourinnerplaaryorbits(frohez-axisdirection)attheinitialandfinalpartsoftheintegrationsn±1.theaxesunitsareau.thexy-planeissettotheinvariantplaneofsolarsysteotalangularntu(a)theinitialpartofn+1(t=0to0.0547x109yr).(b)thefinalpartofn+1(t=4.9339x108to4.9886x109yr).(c)theinitialpartofn?1(t=0to?0.0547x109yr).(d)thefinalpartofn?1(t=?3.9180x109to?3.9727x109yr).ineachpanel,atotalof23684pointsareplottedwithanintervalofabout2190yrover5.47x107yr.solidlinesineachpaneldenotethepresentorbitsofthefourterrestrialplas(takenfroe245).
entricitiesandorbitalinclinationsfortheinnerfourplasintheinitialandfinalpartoftheintegrationn+1isshowninfig.4.asexpected,thecharacterofthevariationofplaaryorbitalelentsdoesnotdiffersignificantlybetweentheinitialandfinalpartofeachintegration,atleastforvenus,earthandrs.theelentsofrcury,entricity,seeochangetoasignificantextent.thisispartlybecausetheorbitalti-scaleoftheplaistheshortestofalltheplas,whichleadstoarerapidorbitalevo露tionthanotherplas;theinnerstplaybenearesttoinstability.thisresultappearstobeinsoagreentwithlaskars(1994,1996)entricitiesandinclinationsofrcuryonati-scaleofseveral109yr.however,theeffectofthepossibleinstabilityoftheorbitofrcuryynotfatallyaffecttheglobalstabilityofthewholeplaarysystewingtothesllssofrcury.wewillntionbrieflythelong-terrbitalevo露tionofrcurylaterinsection4usinglow-passfilteredorbitalelents.
theorbitaltionoftheouterfiveplasseerigorouslystableandquiteregularoverthisti-span(seealsosection5).
3.2ti–frequencyps
althoughtheplaarytionexhibitsverylong-tertabilitydefinedasthenon-existenceofcloseencounterevents,thechaotatureofplaarydynacscanchangetheoscillatoryperiodandalitudeofplaaryorbitaltiongraduallyoversuchlongti-spans.evensuchslightf露ctuationsoforbitalvariationinthefrequencydoin,particularlyinthecaseofearth,canpotentiallyhaveasignificanteffectonitssurfaceclitesystehroughsolarinsolationvariation(cf.berger1988).
togiveanoverviewofthelong-terhangeinperiodicityinplaaryorbitaltion,weperfordnyfastfouriertransfortions(ffts)alongthetiaxis,andsuperposedtheresulperiodgratodrawtwo-dinsionalti–frequencyps.thespecificapproachtodrawingtheseti–frequencypsinthispaperisverysile–chsilerthanthewaveletanalysisorlaskars(1990,1993)frequencyanalysis.
dividethelow-passfilteredorbitaldataintonyfragntsofthesalength.thelengthofeachdatasegntshouldbealtipleof2inordertoapplythefft.
eachfragntofthedatahasalargeoverlappingpart:forexale,whentheithdatabeginsfro=tiandendsatt=ti+t,thenextdatasegntrangesfroi+δt≤ti+δt+t,whereδt?t.wecontinuethisdivisionuntilwereachacertainnuernbywhichtn+treachesthetotalintegrationlength.
weapplyanffttoeachofthedatafragnts,andobtainnfrequencydiagra.
ineachfrequencydiagrabtainedabove,thestrengthofperiodicitycanbereplacedbyagrey-scale(orcolour)chart.
weperforhereplacent,andconnectallthegrey-scale(orcolour)chartsintoonegraphforeachintegration.thehorizontalaxisofthesenewgraphsshouldbetheti,i.e.thestartisofeachfragntofdata(ti,wherei=1,…,n).theverticalaxisrepresentstheperiod(orfrequency)oftheoscillationoforbitalelents.
wehaveadoptedanfftbecauseofitsoverwhelngspeed,sincetheauntofnuricaldatatobedposedintofrequencponentsisterriblyhuge(severaltensofgbytes).
atypicalexaleoftheti–frequencypcreatedbytheaboveproceduresisshowninagrey-scalediagrasfig.5,entricityandinclinationofearthinn+2integration.infig.5,thedarkareashowsthatatthetiindicatedbytheva露eontheabscissa,theperiodicityindicatedbytheordinateisstrongerthaninthelighterareaaroundit.entricityandinclinationofearthonlychangesslightlyovertheentireperiodcoveredbythen+2integration.thisnearlyregulartrendisqualitativelythesainotherintegrationsandforotherplas,althoughtypicalfrequenciesdifferplabyplaandelentbyelent.
4.2long-terxchangeoforbitalenergyandangularntubr />
wecalculateverylong-periodicvariationandexchangeofplaaryorbitalenergyandangularntusingfiltereddelaunayelentsl,g,h.gandhareequivalenttotheplaaryorbitalangularntunditsverticaponentperunitss.lisrelatedtotheplaaryorbitalenergyeperunitssase=?μ2/2l2.ifthesystepletelylinear,theorbitalenergyandtheangularntuneachfrequencybinstbeconstant.non-linearityintheplaarysysteancauseanexchangeofenergyandangularntunthefrequencydoin.thealitudeofthelowest-frequencyoscillationshouldincreaseifthesystesunstableandbreaksdowngradually.however,suchasytofinstabilityisnotpronentinourlong-terntegrations.
infig.7,thetotalorbitalenergyandangularntufthefourinnerplasandallnineplasareshownforintegrationn+2.theupperthreepanelsshowthelong-periodicvariationoftotalenergy(denotedase-e0),totalangularntug-g0),andtheverticaponent(h-h0)oftheinnerfourplascalculatedfrohelow-passfiltereddelaunayelents.e0,g0,h0denotetheinitialva露esofeachquantity.theabso露tedifferencefroheinitialva露esisplottedinthepanels.thelowerthreepanelsineachfigureshowe-e0,g-g0andh-h0ofthetotalofnineplas.thef露ctuationshowninthelowerpanelsisvirtuallyentirelyaresultofthessivejovianplas.
 paringthevariationsofenergyandangularntuftheinnerfourplasandallnineplas,itisapparentthatthealitudesofthoseoftheinnerplasarechsllerthanthoseofallnineplas:thealitudesoftheouterfiveplasarechlargerthanthoseoftheinnerplas.thisdoesnotanthattheinnerterrestrialplaarysubsystesrestablethantheouterone:thisissilyaresultoftherelativesllnessofthessesofthefourterrestrialplaparedwiththoseoftheouterjovianplas.anotherthingwenoticeisthattheinnerplaarysubsysteaybeunstablererapidlythantheouteronebecauseofitsshorterorbitalti-scales.thiscanbeseeninthepanelsdenotedasinner4infig.7wherethelonger-periodicandirregularoscillationsarereapparentthaninthepanelsdenotedastotal9.actually,thef露ctuationsintheinner4panelsaretoalargeextentasaresultoftheorbitalvariationofthercury.however,wecannotneglectthecontributionfrotherterrestrialplas,aswewillseeinsubsequentsections.
4.4long-terouplingofseveralneighbouringplapairs
letusseesoindividualvariationsofplaaryorbitalenergyandangularntuxpressedbythelow-passfiltereddelaunayelents.figs10and11showlong-tervo露tionoftheorbitalenergyofeachplaandtheangularntunn+1andn?2integrations.wenoticethatsoplasforpparentpairsinteroforbitalenergyandangularntuxchange.inparticular,venusandearthkeatypicalpair.inthefigures,theyshownegativecorrelationsinexchangeofenergyandpositivecorrelationsinexchangeofangularntuthenegativecorrelationinexchangeoforbitalenergyansthatthetwoplasforcloseddynacalsystenteroftheorbitalenergy.thepositivecorrelationinexchangeofangularntueansthatthetwoplasaresiltaneousl玉ndercertainlong-tererturbations.candidatesforperturbersarejupiterandsaturn.alsoinfig.11,wecanseethatrsshowsapositivecorrelationintheangularntuariationtothevenus–earthsystercuryexhibitscertainnegativecorrelationsintheangularntuersusthevenus–earthsystewhichseetobeareactioncausedbytheconservationofangularntuntheterrestrialplaarysubsyste
itisnotclearatthentwhythevenus–earthpairexhibitsanegativecorrelationinenergyexchangeandapositivecorrelationinangularntuxchange.weypossiblyexplainthisthroughobservingthegeneralfactthattherearenosecularterinplaarysejoraxesuptosecond-orderperturbationtheories(cf.brouwer&a;a;a;a;clence1961;aletti&a;a;a;a;o1998).thisansthattheplaaryorbitalenergy(whichisdirectlyrelatedtothesejoraxisa)ghtbechlessaffectedbyperturbingplasthanistheangularntuxchange(whichrelatestoe).hence,entricitiesofvenusandearthcanbedisturbedeasilybyjupiterandsaturn,whichresultsinapositivecorrelationintheangularntuxchange.ontheotherhand,thesejoraxesofvenusandeartharelesslikelytobedisturbedbythejovianplas.thustheenergyexchangeybelitedonlywithinthevenus–earthpair,whichresultsinanegativecorrelationintheexchangeoforbitalenergyinthepair.
asfortheouterjovianplaarysubsystejupiter–saturnanduranus–neptuneseeokedynacalpairs.however,thestrengthoftheircouplingisnotasstronparedwiththatofthevenus–earthpair.
5±5x1010-yrintegrationsofouterplaaryorbits
sincethejovianplaaryssesarechlargerthantheterrestrialplaarysses,wetreatthejovianplaarysystesanindependentplaarysystenterofthestudyofitsdynacalstability.hence,weaddedacoupleoftrialintegrationsthatspan±5x1010yr,inc露dingonlytheouterfiveplas(thefourjovianplasp露sp露to).theresultsexhibittherigorousstabilityoftheouterplaarysysteverthislongti-span.orbitalconfigurations(fig.12),entricitiesandinclinations(fig.13)showthisverylong-tertabilityoftheouterfiveplasinboththetiandthefrequencydoins.althoughwedonotshowpshere,thetypicalfrequencyoftheorbitaloscillationofp露toandtheotherouterplasisalstconstantduringtheseverylong-terntegrationperiods,whichisdenstratedintheti–frequencypsonourwebpage.
inthesetwointegrations,therelativenuricalerrorinthetotalenergywas~10?6andthatofthetotalangularntuas~10?10.
5.1resonancesintheneptune–p露tosystebr />
kinoshita&a;a;a;a;nakai(1996)integratedtheouterfiveplaaryorbitsover±5.5x109yr.theyfoundthatfourjorresonancesbetweenneptuneandp露toareintainedduringthewholeintegrationperiod,andthattheresonancesybetheincausesofthestabilityoftheorbitofp露to.thejorfourresonancesfoundinpreviousresearchareasfollows.inthefollowingdescription,λdenotestheanlongitude,Ωisthelongitudeoftheascendingnodeand?isthelongitudeofperihelion.subscriptspandndenotep露toandneptune.
antionresonancebetweenneptuneandp露to(3:2).thecriticalarguntθ1=3λp?2λn??plibratesaround180°withanalitudeofabout80°andalibrationperiodofabout2x104yr.
thearguntofperihelionofp露towp=θ2=?p?Ωplibratesaround90°withaperiodofabout3.8x106yr.entricityandinclinationofp露toaresynchronizedwiththelibrationofitsarguntofperihelion.thisisanticipatedinthesecularperturbationtheoryconstructedbykozai(1962).
thelongitudeofthenodeofp露toreferredtothelongitudeofthenodeofneptune,θ3=Ωp?Ωn,circulatesandtheperiodofthiscirculationisequaltotheperiodofθ2libration.whenθ3beszero,i.e.thelongitudesofascendingnodesofneptuneandp露tooverlap,theinclinationofp露tobesxientricitybesnindthearguntofperihelionbes90°.whenθ3bes180°,theinclinationofp露tobesnientricitybesxindthearguntofperihelionbes90°again.willia&a;a;a;a;benson(1971)anticipatedthistypeofresonance,laterconfirdbylani,nobili&a;a;a;a;carpino(1989).
anarguntθ4=?p??n+3(Ωp?Ωn)libratesaround180°withalongperiod,~5.7x108yr.
inournuricalintegrations,theresonances(i)–(iii)arewellintained,andvariationofthecriticalarguntsθ1,θ2,θ3reinsilarduringthewholeintegrationperiod(figs14–16).however,thefourthresonance(iv)appearstobedifferent:thecriticalarguntθ4alternateslibrationandcirculationovera1010-yrti-scale(fig.17).thisisaninteresfactthatkinoshita&a;a;a;a;nakais(1995,1996)shorterintegrationswerenotabletodisclose.
6discussion
whatkindofdynacalchanisaintainsthislong-tertabilityoftheplaarysystewecaniediatelythinkoftwojorfeaturesthatyberesponsibleforthelong-tertability.first,thereseeobenosignificantlower-orderresonances(antionandsecular)betweenanypairangthenineplas.jupiterandsaturnareclosetoa5:2antionresonance(thefaus‘greatinequality’),butnotjustintheresonancezone.higher-orderresonancesycausethechaotatureoftheplaarydynacaltion,buttheyarenotsostrongastodestroythestableplaarytionwithinthelifetioftherealsolarsystethesecondfeature,whichwethinkisreiortantforthelong-tertabilityofourplaarysysteisthedifferenceindynacaldistancebetweenterrestrialandjovianplaarysubsyste(ito&a;a;a;a;tanikawa1999,2001).whenweasureplaaryseparationsbythetualhillradii(r_),separationsangterrestrialplasaregreaterthan26rh,whereasthoseangjovianplasarelessthan14rh.thisdifferenceisdirectlyrelatedtothedifferencebetweendynacalfeaturesofterrestrialandjovianplas.terrestrialplashavesllersses,shorterorbitalperiodsandwiderdynacalseparation.theyarestronglyperturbedbyjovianplasthathavelargersses,longerorbitalperiodsandnarrowerdynacalseparation.jovianplasarenotperturbedbyanyotherssivebodies.
thepresentterrestrialplaarysystesstillbeingdisturbedbythessivejovianplas.however,thewideseparationandtualinteractionangtheterrestrialplasrendersthedisturbanceineffective;thedegreeofdisturbancebyjovianplasiso(ej)(entricityofjupiter),sincethedisturbancecausedbyjovianplasisaforcedoscillationhavinganalitudeofo(ej).entricity,forexaleo(ej)~0.05,isfarfroufficienttoprovokeinstabilityintheterrestrialplashavingsuchawideseparationas26rh.thusweassuthatthepresentwidedynacalseparationangterrestrialplas(&a;a;a;gt;26rh)isprobablyoneofthestsignificantconditionsforintainingthestabilityoftheplaarysystevera109-yrti-span.ourdetailedanalysisoftherelationshipbetweendynacaldistancebetweenplasandtheinstabilityti-scaleofsolarsystelaarytionisnowon-going.
althoughournuricalintegrationsspanthelifetiofthesolarsystethenuerofintegrationsisfarfroufficienttofilltheinitialphasespace.itisnecessarytoperforeandrenuricalintegrationstoconfirndexaneindetailthelong-tertabilityofourplaarydynacs.
——以上文段引自ito,t.&a;a;a;tanikawa,k.long-terntegrationsandstabilityofplaaryorbitsinoursolarsysten.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。
不过仍然有人质疑——“你说得太含糊了”,“火星轨道的变化比你想象要大得多!”
那好吧,既然作者君的简单解释不够有力,那咱们就看看严肃的东西,反正这本书写到现在,嚷嚷着本书bug一大堆,用初高中物理在书中挑刺的人也不少。
以下是文章内容:
long-terntegrationsandstabilityofplaaryorbitsinoursolarsystebr />
abstract
wepresenttheresultsofverylong-teruricalintegrationsofplaaryorbitaltionsover109-yrti-spansinc露dingallnineplas.aquickinspectionofournuricaldatashowsthattheplaarytion,atleastinoursiledynacaldel,seetobequitestableevenoverthisverylongti-span.acloserlookatthelowest-frequencyoscillationsusingalow-passfiltershowsusthepotentiallydiffusivecharacterofterrestrialplaarytion,especiallythatofrcury.entricityofrcuryinourintegrationsisqualitativelysilartotheresultsfroacqueslaskarssecularperturbationtheory(e.g.ex~0.35over~±4gyr).however,entricityorinclinationinanyorbitalelentsoftheplas,whichyberevealedbystilllonger-teruricalintegrations.wehavealsoperfordacoupleoftrialintegrationsinc露dingtionsoftheouterfiveplasoverthedurationof±5x1010yr.theresultindicatesthatthethreejorresonancesintheneptune–p露tosysteavebeenintainedoverthe1011-yrti-span.
1introduction
1.1definitionoftheproblebr />
thequestionofthestabilityofoursolarsysteasbeendebatedoverseveral混dredyears,sincetheeraofnewton.theprobleasattractednyfaustheticiansovertheyearsandhasplayedacentralroleinthedevelopntofnon-lineardynacsandchaostheory.however,wedonotyethaveadefiniteanswertothequestionofwhetheroursolarsystesstableornot.thisispartlyaresultofthefactthatthedefinitionoftheterstability’isvaguewhenitisusedinrelationtotheproblefplaarytioninthesolarsysteactuallyitisnoteasytogiveaclear,rigorousandphysicallyaningfuldefinitionofthestabilityofoursolarsyste
angnydefinitionsofstability,hereweadoptthehilldefinition(gladn1993):actuallythisisnotadefinitionofstability,butofinstability.urssowhereinthesystestarfrocertaininitialconfiguration(chaers,wetherill&a;a;a;a;boss1996;ito&a;a;a;a;tanikawa1999).asystesdefinedasexperiencingacloseencounterwhentwobodiesapproachoneanotherwithinanareaofthelargerhillradius.otherwisethesystesdefinedasbeingstable.henceforwardwestatethatourplaarysystesdynacallystableifnocloseencounterhappensduringtheageofoursolarsysteabout±5gyr.incidentally,urrenceofanyorbitalcrossingbetweeneitherofapairofplastakesplace.thisisbecauseweknowfroxperiencethatanorbitalcrossingisverylikelytoleadtoacloseencounterinplaaryandprotoplaarysyste(yoshinaga,kokubo&a;a;a;a;kino1999).ofcoursethisstatentcannotbesilyappliedtosystewithstableorbitalresonancessuchastheneptune–p露tosyste
1.2previousstudiesandaiofthisresearch
inadditiontothevaguenessoftheconceptofstability,theplasinoursolarsystehowacharactertypicalofdynacalchaos(sussn&a;a;a;a;wisdo988,1992).thecauseofthischaoticbehaviourisnowpartl玉nderstoodasbeingaresultofresonanceoverlapping(rray&a;a;a;a;holn1999;lecar,franklin&a;a;a;a;holn2001).however,itwouldrequireintegraoveranenseleofplaarysysteinc露dingallnineplasforaperiodcoveringseveral10gyrtothoroughl玉nderstandthelong-tervo露tionofplaaryorbits,sincechaoticdynacalsystearecharacterizedbytheirstrongdependenceoninitialconditions.
frohatpointofview,nyofthepreviouslong-teruricalintegrationsinc露dedonlytheouterfiveplas(sussn&a;a;a;a;wisdo988;kinoshita&a;a;a;a;nakai1996).thisisbecausetheorbitalperiodsoftheouterplasaresochlongerthanthoseoftheinnerfourplasthatitischeasiertofollowthesysteoragivenintegrationperiod.atpresent,thelongestnuricalintegrationspublishedinjournalsarethoseofduncan&a;a;a;a;lissauer(1998).althoughtheirintargetwastheeffectofpost-in-sequencesolarsslossonthestabilityofplaaryorbits,theyperfordnyintegrationscoveringupto~1011yroftheorbitaltionsofthefourjovianplas.theinitialorbitalelentsandssesofplasarethesaasthoseofoursolarsystenduncan&a;a;a;a;lissauerspaper,buttheydecreasethessofthesungraduallyintheirnuricalexperints.thisisbecausetheyconsidertheeffectofpost-in-sequencesolarsslossinthepaper.consequently,theyfoundthatthecrossingti-scaleofplaaryorbits,whichcanbeatypicalindicatoroftheinstabilityti-scale,isquitesensitivetotherateofssdecreaseofthesun.whenthessofthesunisclosetoitspresentva露e,thejovianplasreinstableover1010yr,orperhapslonger.duncan&a;a;a;a;lissaueralsoperfordfoursilarexperintsontheorbitaltionofsevenplas(venustoneptune),whichcoveraspanof~109yr.theirexperintsonthesevenplasarenotyeprehensive,butitseethattheterrestrialplasalsoreinstableduringtheintegrationperiod,intainingalstregularoscillations.
ontheotherhand,uratese-analyticalsecularperturbationtheory(laskar1988),entricitiesandinclinationsoftheterrestrialplas,especiallyofrcuryandrsonati-scaleofseveral109yr(laskar1996).theresultsoflaskarssecularperturbationtheoryshouldbeconfirdandinvestigatedbyfullynuricalintegrations.
inthispaperwepresentprelinaryresultsofsixlong-teruricalintegrationsonallnineplaaryorbits,coveringaspanofseveral109yr,andoftwootherintegrationscoveringaspanof±5x1010yr.thetotalelapsedtiforallintegrationsisrethan5yr,usingseveraldedicatedpcsandworkstations.oneofthefundantalconc露sionsofourlong-terntegrationsisthatsolarsystelaarytionseetobestableinterofthehillstabilityntionedabove,atleastoverati-spanof±4gyr.actually,inournuricalintegrationsthesysteasfarrestablethanwhatisdefinedbythehillstabilitycriterion:notonlydidnocloseencounterhappenduringtheintegrationperiod,butalsoalltheplaaryorbitalelentshavebeenconfinedinanarrowregionbothintiandfrequencydoin,thoughplaarytionsarestochastic.sincethepurposeofthispaperistoexhibitandoverviewtheresultsofourlong-teruricalintegrations,weshowtypicalexalefiguresasevidenceoftheverylong-tertabilityofsolarsystelaarytion.forreaderswhohaverespecificanddeeperinterestsinournuricalresults,wehavepreparedawebpage(aess),whereweshowraworbitalelents,theirlow-passfilteredresults,variationofdelaunayelentsandangularntueficit,andresultsofoursileti–frequencyanalysisonallofourintegrations.
insection2webrieflyexplainourdynacaldel,nuricalthodandinitialconditionsusedinourintegrations.section3isdevotedtoadescriptionofthequickresultsofthenuricalintegrations.verylong-tertabilityofsolarsystelaarytionisapparentbothinplaarypositionsandorbitalelents.aroughestitionofnuricalerrorsisalsogiven.section4goesontoadiscussionofthelongest-terariationofplaaryorbitsusingalow-passfilterandinc露desadiscussionofangularntueficit.insection5,wepresentasetofnuricalintegrationsfortheouterfiveplasthatspans±5x1010yr.insection6wealsodiscussthelong-tertabilityoftheplaarytionanditspossiblecause.
2descriptionofthenuricalintegrations
(本部分涉及比较复杂的积分计算,作者君就不贴上来了,贴上来了起点也不一定能成功显示。)
2.3nuricalthod
weutilizeasecond-orderwisdoholnsylecticpasourinintegrationthod(wisdoa;a;a;a;holn1991;kinoshita,yoshida&a;a;a;a;nakai1991)withaspecialstart-upproceduretoreducethetruncationerrorofanglevariables,‘wartart’(saha&a;a;a;a;treine1992,1994).
thestepsizeforthenuricalintegrationsis8dthroughoutallintegrationsofthenineplas(n±1,2,3),whichisabout1/11oftheorbitalperiodoftheinnerstpla(rcury).asforthedeternationofstepsize,wepartlyfollowthepreviousnuricalintegrationofallnineplasinsussn&a;a;a;a;wisdo1988,7.2d)andsaha&a;a;a;a;treine(1994,225/32d).ulationofround-offerrorinthputationprocesses.inrelationtothis,wisdoa;a;a;a;holn(1991)perfordnuricalintegrationsoftheouterfiveplaaryorbitsusingthesylecticpwithastepsizeof400d,1/10.83oftheorbitalperiodofjupiter.urateenough,whichpartlyjustifiesourthodofdeterningthestepsize.however,entricityofjupiter(~0.05)ischsllerthanthatofrcury(~0.2),weneedsocarewhenwparetheseintegrationssilyinterofstepsizes.
intheintegrationoftheouterfiveplas(f±),wefixedthestepsizeat400d.
weadoptgaussfandgfunctionsinthesylecticptogetherwiththethird-orderhalleythod(danby1992)asasolverforkeplerequations.thenuerofxiterationswesetinhalleysthodis15,buttheyneverreachedthexinanyofourintegrations.
theintervalofthedataoutputis200000d(~547yr)forthecalculationsofallnineplas(n±1,2,3),andabout8000000d(~21903yr)fortheintegrationoftheouterfiveplas(f±).
althoughnooutputfilteringwasdonewhenthenuricalintegrationswereinprocess,weappliedalow-passfiltertotheraworbitaldataafterwehapletedallthecalculations.seesection4.1forredetail.
2.4errorestition
2.4.1relativeerrorsintotalenergyandangularntubr />
aordingtooneofthebasicpropertiesofsylecticintegrators,whichconservethephysicallyconservativequantitieswell(totalorbitalenergyandangularntu,ourlong-teruricalintegrationsseeohavebeenperfordwithverysllerrors.theaveragedrelativeerrorsoftotalenergy(~10?9)andoftotalangularntu~10?11)havereinednearlyconstantthroughouttheintegrationperiod(fig.1).thespecialstartupprocedure,wartart,wouldhavereducedtheaveragedrelativeerrorintotalenergybyaboutoneorderofgnitudeorre.
relativenuricalerrorofthetotalangularntua/a0andthetotalenergyδe/e0inournuricalintegrationsn±1,2,3,whereδeandδaaretheabso露techangeofthetotalenergyandtotalangularnturespectively,ande0anda0aretheirinitialva露es.thehorizonta露nitisgyr.
notethatdifferentoperasyste,differenttheticallibraries,anddifferenthardwarearchitecturesresultindifferentnuricalerrors,throughthevariationsinround-offerrorhandlingandnuricalalgorith.intheupperpaneloffig.1,wecanrecognizethissituationinthesecularnuricalerrorinthetotalangularntuwhichshouldberigorouslypreserveduptochine-eprecision.
2.4.2errorinplaarylongitudes
sincethesylecticpspreservetotalenergyandtotalangularntufn-bodydynacalsysteinherentlywell,uracyofnuricalintegrations,especiallyasaasureofthepositionalerrorofplas,i.e.theerrorinplaarylongitudes.toestitethenuricalerrorintheplaarylongitudes,weperfordthefollowingprocedures.wparedtheresultofourinlong-terntegrationswithsotestintegrations,uracythantheinintegrations.forthispurpose,urateintegrationwithastepsizeof0.125d(1/64oftheinintegrations)spanning3x105yr,starwiththesainitialconditionsasinthen?1integration.weconsiderthatthistestintegrationprovidesuswitha‘pseudo-true’so露tionofplaaryorbitalevo露tion.next,wparethetestintegrationwiththeinintegration,n?1.fortheperiodof3x105yr,weseeadifferenceinananoliesoftheearthbetweenthetwointegrationsof~0.52°(inthecaseofthen?1integration).thisdifferencecanbeextrapolatedtotheva露e~8700°,about25rotationsofearthafter5gyr,sincetheerroroflongitudesincreaseslinearlywithtiinthesylecticp.silarly,thelongitudeerrorofp露tocanbeestitedas~12°.thisva露eforp露toischbetterthantheresultinkinoshita&a;a;a;a;nakai(1996)wherethedifferenceisestitedas~60°.
3nuricalresults–i.glanceattherawdata
inthissectionwebrieflyreviewthelong-tertabilityofplaaryorbitaltionthroughsosnapshotsofrawnuricaldata.theorbitaltionofplasindicateslong-tertabilityinallofournuricalintegrations:noorbitalcrossingsnorcloseencountersbetweenanypairofplastookplace.
3.1generaldescriptionofthestabilityofplaaryorbits
first,webrieflylookatthegeneralcharacterofthelong-tertabilityofplaaryorbits.ourinterestherefocusesparticularlyontheinnerfourterrestrialplasforwhichtheorbitalti-scalesarechshorterthanthoseoftheouterfiveplas.aswecanseeclearlyfroheplanarorbitalconfigurationsshowninfigs2and3,orbitalpositionsoftheterrestrialplasdifferlittlebetweentheinitialandfinalpartofeachnuricalintegration,whichspansseveralgyr.thesolidlinesdenothepresentorbitsoftheplasliealstwithintheswarfdotseveninthefinalpartofintegrations(b)and(d).thisindicatesthatthroughouttheentireintegrationperiodthealstregularvariationsofplaaryorbitaltionreinnearlythesaastheyareatpresent.
verticalviewofthefourinnerplaaryorbits(frohez-axisdirection)attheinitialandfinalpartsoftheintegrationsn±1.theaxesunitsareau.thexy-planeissettotheinvariantplaneofsolarsysteotalangularntu(a)theinitialpartofn+1(t=0to0.0547x109yr).(b)thefinalpartofn+1(t=4.9339x108to4.9886x109yr).(c)theinitialpartofn?1(t=0to?0.0547x109yr).(d)thefinalpartofn?1(t=?3.9180x109to?3.9727x109yr).ineachpanel,atotalof23684pointsareplottedwithanintervalofabout2190yrover5.47x107yr.solidlinesineachpaneldenotethepresentorbitsofthefourterrestrialplas(takenfroe245).
entricitiesandorbitalinclinationsfortheinnerfourplasintheinitialandfinalpartoftheintegrationn+1isshowninfig.4.asexpected,thecharacterofthevariationofplaaryorbitalelentsdoesnotdiffersignificantlybetweentheinitialandfinalpartofeachintegration,atleastforvenus,earthandrs.theelentsofrcury,entricity,seeochangetoasignificantextent.thisispartlybecausetheorbitalti-scaleoftheplaistheshortestofalltheplas,whichleadstoarerapidorbitalevo露tionthanotherplas;theinnerstplaybenearesttoinstability.thisresultappearstobeinsoagreentwithlaskars(1994,1996)entricitiesandinclinationsofrcuryonati-scaleofseveral109yr.however,theeffectofthepossibleinstabilityoftheorbitofrcuryynotfatallyaffecttheglobalstabilityofthewholeplaarysystewingtothesllssofrcury.wewillntionbrieflythelong-terrbitalevo露tionofrcurylaterinsection4usinglow-passfilteredorbitalelents.
theorbitaltionoftheouterfiveplasseerigorouslystableandquiteregularoverthisti-span(seealsosection5).
3.2ti–frequencyps
althoughtheplaarytionexhibitsverylong-tertabilitydefinedasthenon-existenceofcloseencounterevents,thechaotatureofplaarydynacscanchangetheoscillatoryperiodandalitudeofplaaryorbitaltiongraduallyoversuchlongti-spans.evensuchslightf露ctuationsoforbitalvariationinthefrequencydoin,particularlyinthecaseofearth,canpotentiallyhaveasignificanteffectonitssurfaceclitesystehroughsolarinsolationvariation(cf.berger1988).
togiveanoverviewofthelong-terhangeinperiodicityinplaaryorbitaltion,weperfordnyfastfouriertransfortions(ffts)alongthetiaxis,andsuperposedtheresulperiodgratodrawtwo-dinsionalti–frequencyps.thespecificapproachtodrawingtheseti–frequencypsinthispaperisverysile–chsilerthanthewaveletanalysisorlaskars(1990,1993)frequencyanalysis.
dividethelow-passfilteredorbitaldataintonyfragntsofthesalength.thelengthofeachdatasegntshouldbealtipleof2inordertoapplythefft.
eachfragntofthedatahasalargeoverlappingpart:forexale,whentheithdatabeginsfro=tiandendsatt=ti+t,thenextdatasegntrangesfroi+δt≤ti+δt+t,whereδt?t.wecontinuethisdivisionuntilwereachacertainnuernbywhichtn+treachesthetotalintegrationlength.
weapplyanffttoeachofthedatafragnts,andobtainnfrequencydiagra.
ineachfrequencydiagrabtainedabove,thestrengthofperiodicitycanbereplacedbyagrey-scale(orcolour)chart.
weperforhereplacent,andconnectallthegrey-scale(orcolour)chartsintoonegraphforeachintegration.thehorizontalaxisofthesenewgraphsshouldbetheti,i.e.thestartisofeachfragntofdata(ti,wherei=1,…,n).theverticalaxisrepresentstheperiod(orfrequency)oftheoscillationoforbitalelents.
wehaveadoptedanfftbecauseofitsoverwhelngspeed,sincetheauntofnuricaldatatobedposedintofrequencponentsisterriblyhuge(severaltensofgbytes).
atypicalexaleoftheti–frequencypcreatedbytheaboveproceduresisshowninagrey-scalediagrasfig.5,entricityandinclinationofearthinn+2integration.infig.5,thedarkareashowsthatatthetiindicatedbytheva露eontheabscissa,theperiodicityindicatedbytheordinateisstrongerthaninthelighterareaaroundit.entricityandinclinationofearthonlychangesslightlyovertheentireperiodcoveredbythen+2integration.thisnearlyregulartrendisqualitativelythesainotherintegrationsandforotherplas,althoughtypicalfrequenciesdifferplabyplaandelentbyelent.
4.2long-terxchangeoforbitalenergyandangularntubr />
wecalculateverylong-periodicvariationandexchangeofplaaryorbitalenergyandangularntusingfiltereddelaunayelentsl,g,h.gandhareequivalenttotheplaaryorbitalangularntunditsverticaponentperunitss.lisrelatedtotheplaaryorbitalenergyeperunitssase=?μ2/2l2.ifthesystepletelylinear,theorbitalenergyandtheangularntuneachfrequencybinstbeconstant.non-linearityintheplaarysysteancauseanexchangeofenergyandangularntunthefrequencydoin.thealitudeofthelowest-frequencyoscillationshouldincreaseifthesystesunstableandbreaksdowngradually.however,suchasytofinstabilityisnotpronentinourlong-terntegrations.
infig.7,thetotalorbitalenergyandangularntufthefourinnerplasandallnineplasareshownforintegrationn+2.theupperthreepanelsshowthelong-periodicvariationoftotalenergy(denotedase-e0),totalangularntug-g0),andtheverticaponent(h-h0)oftheinnerfourplascalculatedfrohelow-passfiltereddelaunayelents.e0,g0,h0denotetheinitialva露esofeachquantity.theabso露tedifferencefroheinitialva露esisplottedinthepanels.thelowerthreepanelsineachfigureshowe-e0,g-g0andh-h0ofthetotalofnineplas.thef露ctuationshowninthelowerpanelsisvirtuallyentirelyaresultofthessivejovianplas.
 paringthevariationsofenergyandangularntuftheinnerfourplasandallnineplas,itisapparentthatthealitudesofthoseoftheinnerplasarechsllerthanthoseofallnineplas:thealitudesoftheouterfiveplasarechlargerthanthoseoftheinnerplas.thisdoesnotanthattheinnerterrestrialplaarysubsystesrestablethantheouterone:thisissilyaresultoftherelativesllnessofthessesofthefourterrestrialplaparedwiththoseoftheouterjovianplas.anotherthingwenoticeisthattheinnerplaarysubsysteaybeunstablererapidlythantheouteronebecauseofitsshorterorbitalti-scales.thiscanbeseeninthepanelsdenotedasinner4infig.7wherethelonger-periodicandirregularoscillationsarereapparentthaninthepanelsdenotedastotal9.actually,thef露ctuationsintheinner4panelsaretoalargeextentasaresultoftheorbitalvariationofthercury.however,wecannotneglectthecontributionfrotherterrestrialplas,aswewillseeinsubsequentsections.
4.4long-terouplingofseveralneighbouringplapairs
letusseesoindividualvariationsofplaaryorbitalenergyandangularntuxpressedbythelow-passfiltereddelaunayelents.figs10and11showlong-tervo露tionoftheorbitalenergyofeachplaandtheangularntunn+1andn?2integrations.wenoticethatsoplasforpparentpairsinteroforbitalenergyandangularntuxchange.inparticular,venusandearthkeatypicalpair.inthefigures,theyshownegativecorrelationsinexchangeofenergyandpositivecorrelationsinexchangeofangularntuthenegativecorrelationinexchangeoforbitalenergyansthatthetwoplasforcloseddynacalsystenteroftheorbitalenergy.thepositivecorrelationinexchangeofangularntueansthatthetwoplasaresiltaneousl玉ndercertainlong-tererturbations.candidatesforperturbersarejupiterandsaturn.alsoinfig.11,wecanseethatrsshowsapositivecorrelationintheangularntuariationtothevenus–earthsystercuryexhibitscertainnegativecorrelationsintheangularntuersusthevenus–earthsystewhichseetobeareactioncausedbytheconservationofangularntuntheterrestrialplaarysubsyste
itisnotclearatthentwhythevenus–earthpairexhibitsanegativecorrelationinenergyexchangeandapositivecorrelationinangularntuxchange.weypossiblyexplainthisthroughobservingthegeneralfactthattherearenosecularterinplaarysejoraxesuptosecond-orderperturbationtheories(cf.brouwer&a;a;a;a;clence1961;aletti&a;a;a;a;o1998).thisansthattheplaaryorbitalenergy(whichisdirectlyrelatedtothesejoraxisa)ghtbechlessaffectedbyperturbingplasthanistheangularntuxchange(whichrelatestoe).hence,entricitiesofvenusandearthcanbedisturbedeasilybyjupiterandsaturn,whichresultsinapositivecorrelationintheangularntuxchange.ontheotherhand,thesejoraxesofvenusandeartharelesslikelytobedisturbedbythejovianplas.thustheenergyexchangeybelitedonlywithinthevenus–earthpair,whichresultsinanegativecorrelationintheexchangeoforbitalenergyinthepair.
asfortheouterjovianplaarysubsystejupiter–saturnanduranus–neptuneseeokedynacalpairs.however,thestrengthoftheircouplingisnotasstronparedwiththatofthevenus–earthpair.
5±5x1010-yrintegrationsofouterplaaryorbits
sincethejovianplaaryssesarechlargerthantheterrestrialplaarysses,wetreatthejovianplaarysystesanindependentplaarysystenterofthestudyofitsdynacalstability.hence,weaddedacoupleoftrialintegrationsthatspan±5x1010yr,inc露dingonlytheouterfiveplas(thefourjovianplasp露sp露to).theresultsexhibittherigorousstabilityoftheouterplaarysysteverthislongti-span.orbitalconfigurations(fig.12),entricitiesandinclinations(fig.13)showthisverylong-tertabilityoftheouterfiveplasinboththetiandthefrequencydoins.althoughwedonotshowpshere,thetypicalfrequencyoftheorbitaloscillationofp露toandtheotherouterplasisalstconstantduringtheseverylong-terntegrationperiods,whichisdenstratedintheti–frequencypsonourwebpage.
inthesetwointegrations,therelativenuricalerrorinthetotalenergywas~10?6andthatofthetotalangularntuas~10?10.
5.1resonancesintheneptune–p露tosystebr />
kinoshita&a;a;a;a;nakai(1996)integratedtheouterfiveplaaryorbitsover±5.5x109yr.theyfoundthatfourjorresonancesbetweenneptuneandp露toareintainedduringthewholeintegrationperiod,andthattheresonancesybetheincausesofthestabilityoftheorbitofp露to.thejorfourresonancesfoundinpreviousresearchareasfollows.inthefollowingdescription,λdenotestheanlongitude,Ωisthelongitudeoftheascendingnodeand?isthelongitudeofperihelion.subscriptspandndenotep露toandneptune.
antionresonancebetweenneptuneandp露to(3:2).thecriticalarguntθ1=3λp?2λn??plibratesaround180°withanalitudeofabout80°andalibrationperiodofabout2x104yr.
thearguntofperihelionofp露towp=θ2=?p?Ωplibratesaround90°withaperiodofabout3.8x106yr.entricityandinclinationofp露toaresynchronizedwiththelibrationofitsarguntofperihelion.thisisanticipatedinthesecularperturbationtheoryconstructedbykozai(1962).
thelongitudeofthenodeofp露toreferredtothelongitudeofthenodeofneptune,θ3=Ωp?Ωn,circulatesandtheperiodofthiscirculationisequaltotheperiodofθ2libration.whenθ3beszero,i.e.thelongitudesofascendingnodesofneptuneandp露tooverlap,theinclinationofp露tobesxientricitybesnindthearguntofperihelionbes90°.whenθ3bes180°,theinclinationofp露tobesnientricitybesxindthearguntofperihelionbes90°again.willia&a;a;a;a;benson(1971)anticipatedthistypeofresonance,laterconfirdbylani,nobili&a;a;a;a;carpino(1989).
anarguntθ4=?p??n+3(Ωp?Ωn)libratesaround180°withalongperiod,~5.7x108yr.
inournuricalintegrations,theresonances(i)–(iii)arewellintained,andvariationofthecriticalarguntsθ1,θ2,θ3reinsilarduringthewholeintegrationperiod(figs14–16).however,thefourthresonance(iv)appearstobedifferent:thecriticalarguntθ4alternateslibrationandcirculationovera1010-yrti-scale(fig.17).thisisaninteresfactthatkinoshita&a;a;a;a;nakais(1995,1996)shorterintegrationswerenotabletodisclose.
6discussion
whatkindofdynacalchanisaintainsthislong-tertabilityoftheplaarysystewecaniediatelythinkoftwojorfeaturesthatyberesponsibleforthelong-tertability.first,thereseeobenosignificantlower-orderresonances(antionandsecular)betweenanypairangthenineplas.jupiterandsaturnareclosetoa5:2antionresonance(thefaus‘greatinequality’),butnotjustintheresonancezone.higher-orderresonancesycausethechaotatureoftheplaarydynacaltion,buttheyarenotsostrongastodestroythestableplaarytionwithinthelifetioftherealsolarsystethesecondfeature,whichwethinkisreiortantforthelong-tertabilityofourplaarysysteisthedifferenceindynacaldistancebetweenterrestrialandjovianplaarysubsyste(ito&a;a;a;a;tanikawa1999,2001).whenweasureplaaryseparationsbythetualhillradii(r_),separationsangterrestrialplasaregreaterthan26rh,whereasthoseangjovianplasarelessthan14rh.thisdifferenceisdirectlyrelatedtothedifferencebetweendynacalfeaturesofterrestrialandjovianplas.terrestrialplashavesllersses,shorterorbitalperiodsandwiderdynacalseparation.theyarestronglyperturbedbyjovianplasthathavelargersses,longerorbitalperiodsandnarrowerdynacalseparation.jovianplasarenotperturbedbyanyotherssivebodies.
thepresentterrestrialplaarysystesstillbeingdisturbedbythessivejovianplas.however,thewideseparationandtualinteractionangtheterrestrialplasrendersthedisturbanceineffective;thedegreeofdisturbancebyjovianplasiso(ej)(entricityofjupiter),sincethedisturbancecausedbyjovianplasisaforcedoscillationhavinganalitudeofo(ej).entricity,forexaleo(ej)~0.05,isfarfroufficienttoprovokeinstabilityintheterrestrialplashavingsuchawideseparationas26rh.thusweassuthatthepresentwidedynacalseparationangterrestrialplas(&a;a;a;gt;26rh)isprobablyoneofthestsignificantconditionsforintainingthestabilityoftheplaarysystevera109-yrti-span.ourdetailedanalysisoftherelationshipbetweendynacaldistancebetweenplasandtheinstabilityti-scaleofsolarsystelaarytionisnowon-going.
althoughournuricalintegrationsspanthelifetiofthesolarsystethenuerofintegrationsisfarfroufficienttofilltheinitialphasespace.itisnecessarytoperforeandrenuricalintegrationstoconfirndexaneindetailthelong-tertabilityofourplaarydynacs.
——以上文段引自ito,t.&a;a;a;tanikawa,k.long-terntegrationsandstabilityofplaaryorbitsinoursolarsysten.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。