Dynamic Problems of the Planets and Asteroids, and Their Discussion

Joseph J. Smulsky, Yaroslav J. Smulsky

Institute of the Earth’s Cryosphere, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen, Russia.
Institute of Thermophysics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia.

DOI: 10.4236/ijaa.2012.23018                

Abstract

The problems of dynamics of celestial bodies are considered which in the literature are explained by instability and randomness of movements. The dynamics of planets orbits on an interval 100 million years was investigated by new numerical method and its stability is established. The same method is used for computing movements of two asteroids Apophis and 1950DA. The evolution of their movement on an interval of 1000 is investigated. The moments of their closest passages at the Earth are defined. The different ways of transformation of asteroids trajectories into orbits of the Earth’s satellites are considered. The problems of interest are discussed from the different points of view.

Keywords

Dynamics; Planets; Asteroids; Satellites; Stability; Discussion

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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