Is the solar system stable?

DOI10.1007/978-3-0348-0697-8_7zbMATH Open1320.85003arXiv1209.5996OpenAlexW1600155354MaRDI QIDQ5265025FDOQ5265025

Jacques Laskar

Publication date: 21 July 2015

Published in: Chaos (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Since the formulation of the problem by Newton, and during three centuries, astronomers and mathematicians have sought to demonstrate the stability of the Solar System. Thanks to the numerical experiments of the last two decades, we know now that the motion of the planets in the Solar System is chaotic, which prohibits any accurate prediction of their trajectories beyond a few tens of millions of years. The recent simulations even show that planetary collisions or ejections are possible on a period of less than 5 billion years, before the end of the life of the Sun.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5996

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zbMATH Keywords

stabilitynumerical experimentssolar systemchaoticmotion of the planetsplanetary collisions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Three-body problems (70F07) Celestial mechanics (70F15) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

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