Starting Longitudes and the Lifetimes of Closely Spaced Four-Planet Systems
December 13, 2021·
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G. Noble
Bennet Outland
A. Smith
J. Lissauer
Abstract
An investigation of the systematic trends and sensitivity of multi-planetary systems to initial orbital separation, with a focus on how starting longitudes affect system lifetime distributions.
Date
December 13, 2021 — December 17, 2021
Location
New Orleans, LA
Authors
Graduate Researcher
Outland is a doctoral student at the University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. His research is in differential game theory, safe multi-agent systems, and computational astrodynamics — with a focus on algorithms that are tractable enough to run onboard while providing formal guarantees.