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Figure 12 is really cool; I assume that the slots are due to the planets.
by ISL 5y ago
Figure 12 is really cool; I assume that the slots are due to the planets.
- teraflop 5y agoYes, those gaps are caused by orbital resonance. Orbits whose periods are related to Jupiter's by ratios of small integers tend to be unstable over astronomical timescales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood_gap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood_gap