ISSN:
1573-0794
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geosciences
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract A new technique for close encounter dynamics computation between a planet and a minor object has been developed. Such a technique is based on Greenspan'sdiscrete mechanics, whose main feature is the exact conservation of the invariants of motion for a dynamical system. Many kinds of close interactions can be treated with this method, such as collisions, temporary stellite captures, ejections from the solar system and orbital evolutions over a long time period. With some minor modifications, the method herein described may be used to treat also some other general cases, such as interactions with two or more planets, interactions among bodies of comparable masses, accumulation of small bodies in a jet-stream and so on.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00898165
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