The chaotic obliquity of the planets
The chaotic obliquity of the planets
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DOI:
10.1038/361608a0
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发表时间:
1993-02
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
J. Laskar;P. Robutel
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作者:
J. Laskar;P. Robutel
Numerical study of the global stability of the spin-axis orientation (obliquity) of the planets against secular orbital perturbations shows that all of the terrestrial planets could have experienced large, chaotic variations in obliquity at some time in the past. The obliquity of Mars is still in a large chaotic region, ranging from 0° to 60°. Mercury and Venus have been stabilized by tidal dissipation, and the Earth may have been stabilized by capture of the Moon. None of the obliquities of the terrestrial planets can therefore be considered as primordial.