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whatkindofdynamicalmechanismmaintainsthislong-termstabilityoftheplanetarysystem?wecanimmediatelythinkoftwomajorfeaturesthatmayberesponsibleforthelong-termstability.first,thereseemtobenosignificantlower-orderresonancesbetweenanypairamongthenineplanets.jupiterandsaturnareclosetoa5:2meanmotionresonance,butnotjustintheresonancezone.higher-orderresonancesmaycausethechaoticnatureoftheplanetarydynamicalmotion,buttheyarenotsostrongastodestroythestableplanetarymotionwithinthelifetimeoftherealsolarsystethesecondfeature,whichwethinkismoreimportantforthelong-termstabilityofourplanetarysystem,isthedifferenceindynamicaldistancebetweenterrestrialandjovianplanetarysubsystems.whenwemeasureplanetaryseparationsbythemutualhillradii,separationsamongterrestrialplanetsaregreaterthan26rh,whereasthoseamongjovianplanetsarelessthan14rh.thisdifferenceisdirectlyrelatedtothedifferencebetweendynamicalfeaturesofterrestrialandjovianplanets.terrestrialplanetshavesmallermasses,shorterorbitalperiodsandwiderdynamicalseparation.theyarestronglyperturbedbyjovianplanetsthathavelargermasses,longerorbitalperiodsandnarrowerdynamicalseparation.jovianplanetsarenotperturbedbyanyothermassivebodies.
thepresentterrestrialplanetarysystemisstillbeingdisturbedbythemassivejovianplanets.however,thewideseparationandmutualinteractionamongtheterrestrialplanetsrendersthedisturbanceineffective;thedegreeofdisturbancebyjovianplanetsiso,sincethedisturbancecausedbyjovianplanetsisaforcedoscillationhavinganamplitudeofo.heighteningofeccentricity,forexampleo~0.05,isfarfromsufficienttoprovokeinstabilityintheterrestrialplanetshavingsuchawideseparationas26rh.thusweassumethatthepresentwidedynamicalseparationamongterrestrialplanetsisprobablyoneofthemostsignificantconditionsformaintainingthestabilityoftheplanetarysystemovera109-yrtime-span.ourdetailedanalysisoftherelationshipbetweendynamicaldistancebetweenplanetsandtheinstabilitytime-scaleofsolarsystemplanetarymotionisnowon-going.
althoughournumericalintegrationsspanthelifetimeofthesolarsystem,thenumberofintegrationsisfarfromsufficienttofilltheinitialphasespace.itisnecessarytoperformmoreandmorenumericalintegrationstoconfirmandexamineindetailthelong-termstabilityofourplanetarydynamics.
——以上文段引自ito,t.&tanikawa,k.long-termintegrationsandstabilityofplanetaryorbitsinoursolarsystemon.not.r.astron.soc.336,483–500
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。