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In this paper, we investigate whether hypothetical Earth-like planets have high probability of remaining on stable orbits inside the habitable zones around the stars A and B of {\alpha} Centauri, for lengths of time compatible with the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Eduardo Andrade-Ines , Tatiana A. Michtchenko

A planetary system consists of a host star and one or more planets, arranged into a particular configuration. Here, we consider what information belongs to the configuration, or ordering, of 4286 Kepler planets in their 3277 planetary…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 Emily Sandford , David Kipping , Michael Collins

We study the dynamical stability and fates of hierarchical (in semi-major axis) two-planet systems with arbitrary eccentricities and mutual inclinations. We run a large number of long-term numerical integrations and use the Support Vector…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Cristobal Petrovich

In this paper we propose a notion of stability, that we call $\epsilon -N$-stability, for systems of particles interacting via Newton's gravitational potential, and orbiting a much bigger object. For these systems the usual thermodynamical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-04-11 Gabriella Pinzari , Benedetto Scoppola , Alessio Troiani

The basic geometry of the Solar System -- the shapes, spacings, and orientations of the planetary orbits -- has long been a subject of fascination as well as inspiration for planet formation theories. For exoplanetary systems, those same…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-19 Joshua N. Winn , Daniel C. Fabrycky

The stability of ecological systems is a fundamental concept in ecology, which offers profound insights into species coexistence, biodiversity, and community persistence. In this article, we provide a systematic and comprehensive review on…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-02-08 Can Chen , Xu-Wen Wang , Yang-Yu Liu

The ejection of planets by the instability of planetary systems is a potential source of free-floating planets. We numerically simulate multi-planet systems to study the evolution process, the properties of surviving systems, and the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-16 Ruocheng Zhai , Man Hoi Lee , Tianjun Gan , Shude Mao

Context. The presence of a stellar companion can strongly influence the architecture and long-term stability of planetary systems. Motivated by the discovery of exoplanets exhibiting extremely high eccentricities (e >= 0.8) in systems with…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-11 Milenne Ávila-Bravo , Carolina Charalambous , Claudia Aguilera-Gómez

The five libration points of a sun-planet system are stable or unstable fixed positions at which satellites or asteroids can remain fixed relative to the two orbiting bodies. A moon orbiting around the planet causes a time-dependent…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-15 Johannes Reiff , Jonas C. J. Zatsch , Jörg Main , Rigoberto Hernandez

The dominant mechanism for generating free-floating planets has so far remained elusive. One suggested mechanism is that planets are ejected from planetary systems due to planet-planet interactions. However, instability around a single star…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-25 Cheng Chen , Rebecca G. Martin , Stephen H. Lubow , C. J. Nixon

The study of our Solar System -- its formation, evolution, and long-term stability -- has been ongoing for centuries and is now a standard part of scientific education. While the formation of other Solar-like exoplanetary systems is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-14 Václav Pavlík , Steven N. Shore , Vladimír Karas , Matyáš Fuksa

Most multi-planetary systems are characterized by hot-Jupiters close to their central star, moving on eccentric orbits. From a dynamical point of view, compact multi-planetary systems form a specific class of the general N-body problem…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-21 Julie Gayon , Eric Bois

A large proportion of transiting planetary systems appear to possess only a single planet as opposed to multiple transiting planets. This excess of singles is indicative of significant mutual inclinations existing within a large number of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-09 Kathleen Schultz , Christopher Spalding , Konstantin Batygin

The long-term stability of the evolution of two-planet systems is considered by using the general three body problem (GTBP). Our study is focused on the stability of systems with adjacent orbits when at least one of them is highly…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-10 Kyriaki I. Antoniadou , George Voyatzis

Radial velocity searches for exoplanets have detected many multi-planet systems around nearby bright stars. An advantage of this technique is that it generally samples the orbit outside of inferior/superior conjunction, potentially allowing…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Stephen R. Kane

Long-period circumbinary planets appear to be as common as those orbiting single stars and have been found to frequently have orbital radii just beyond the critical distance for dynamical stability. Assessing the stability is typically done…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-12 Christopher Lam , David Kipping

Applying the technique of dynamical maps we study the orbital stability of test particles in the Solar System in the space (a,e,i) defined by 0.1<a<38 au, 0<e<0.9 and 0<i<180 identifying the unstable and stable regions. We find stable…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 Tabare Gallardo

Two types of stability boundaries exist for any planetary system consisting of one star and two planets. Lagrange stability requires that the planets remain bound to the star, conserves the ordering of the distance from the star, and limits…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Rory Barnes , Richard Greenberg

A dynamically relaxed dense cluster comprised of about 40 stars (the so-called S-stars) inhabits the central region of the Galaxy. Their stars revolve around the Sgr A$^*$ massive object. To understand the dynamical evolution of planetary…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-23 N. Davari , R. Capuzzo Dolcetta , R. Spurzem

We study the orbital architecture of multi-planet systems detected by the Kepler transit mission using N-body simulations, focusing on the orbital spacing between adjacent planets in systems showing four or more transiting planets. We find…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-01 Bonan Pu , Yanqin Wu