Orbital Motion in Outer Solar System
摘要
Motion of a point mass in gravitational fields of the Sun and of the galactic disk is studied. Fundamental features of the motion are found by investigating the time-averaged differential equations for orbital evolution. Several types of possible orbits are mathematically exactly derived in a strictly analytical way. The relation between semimajor axis a and period P of the change of osculating orbital elements is found (the index 0 denotes initial values of the quantities). Due to conservation of energy in potential fields a is a constant. Moreover, the component of angular momentum perpendicular to the galactic plane is conserved. Due to these facts the system of equations reduces to two equations for either (e, ), or (i, ) (the length of the ascending node does not enter the equations for a, e, i, and is not solved here).
引用
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9910041,
title = {Orbital Motion in Outer Solar System},
author = {Jozef Klacka and Martin Gajdosik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9910041},
year = {2007}
}