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Orbital Evolution of Planetary Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Tapan K. Chatterjee  and
V. B. Magalinsky
Tapan K. Chatterjee
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science (FCC), Puebla A. University, Apartado Postal 1316, Puebla, Mexico. (E-mail [email protected])
V. B. Magalinsky
Affiliation:
Dept. of Theoretical Physics, University of the Friendship of Peoples, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

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It is significant that the orbits of the planets in the solar system are very nearly circular, except for Mercury and Pluto where, conceivably, due to their comparatively small sizes, the tidal forces have played a less active role. Most of the suspected planets orbiting pulsars have nearly circular orbits. These systems tend to have minimum energy and are subjected to tidal forces. We find that a planet circularizes its orbit, in an effort to attain orbital stability and the ground state. Details can be found in Magalinsky & Chatterjee, 1997, and Magalinsky and Chatterjee, 2000.

Type
Part II: Progress in the theory of planet formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 202: Planetary Systems in the Universe – Observation, Formation and Evolution , 2004 , pp. 175 - 177
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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