Resonance capture and the evolution of the planets |
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| Institution: | 1. Dept. Matemàtiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain;2. Dept. Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord, edifici C2, 08034 Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The present nearly resonant orbital periods of the planets are explained in terms of past two-body resonance capture of planetesimals in the solar nebula. Planetary formation then occurs sequentially starting with Jupiter for the outer planets and Venus for the inner planets and propagates outward due to two-body orbital resonances. It might now be possible to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the planets from their nearly commensurable orbital periods and, hence, provide an explanation for the Titius-Bode law. |
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