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Resonant structure of the outer Solar System

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Hierarchical stability of the outer Solar System is monitored through its 3-body subsystems by using numerically computed ephemerides for 5×106 yr. It is found that the stability parameters of Sun-Jupiter-Saturn and Sun-Uranus-Neptune oscillate in anti-phase in ∼1.1×106 yr. The mechanism responsible for this locking is a secular resonance between Uranus' perihelion and Jupiter's aphelion: the difference between the two librates within ∼±70° with the same period of ∼1.1×106 yr.

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    Andrea Milani & Anna M. Nobili

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Milani, A., Nobili, A.M. Resonant structure of the outer Solar System. Celestial Mechanics 35, 269–287 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01227657

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