The orbital evolution of planetary systems similar to our Solar one represents one of the most important problems of Celestial Mechanics. In the present work we use Jacobian coordinates, introduce two systems of osculating elements, construct the Hamiltonian expansions in Poisson series for all the elements for the planetary three-body problem (including the problem Sun–Jupiter–Saturn). Further we construct the averaged Hamiltonian by the Hori–Deprit method with accuracy up to second order with respect to the small parameter, the generating function, the change of variables formulae, and the right-hand sides of the averaged equations. The averaged equations for the Sun–Jupiter–Saturn system are integrated numerically over a time span of 10 Gyr. The Liapunov Time turns out to be 14 Myr (Jupiter) and 10 Myr (Saturn).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)107-112
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume2004
Issue numberIAUC197
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2004

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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