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Jack Wisdom

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Publications

56

Citations

9.3K

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Active since

1980

Affiliations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Current)

California Institute of Technology

University of Arizona

Jack Wisdom is an author at Massachusetts Institute of Technology specializing in engineering, physics, and geodesy.

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EngineeringPhysicsGeodesyGeophysicsAstrophysicsAstrodynamicsGeometryEarth ScienceNatural SciencesNumerical Analysis

Publications per year

1980–2022

56

Publications

56

Cassini Observes the Active South Pole of Enceladus

C. C. Porco, P. Helfenstein, P. C. Thomas et al. · Science · 2006 · 1.2K citations

Geophysics, Engineering, Outer Planet +8

Symplectic maps for the n-body problem

Jack Wisdom, Matthew J. Holman · The Astronomical Journal · 1991 · 1.2K citations

Hamiltonian Theory, Orbit Determination, Symplectic Maps +10

STAR detector overview

K. Ackermann, N. R. Adams, C. Adler et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment · 2003 · 675 citations

Astronomical Coordinate System, Astronomical Image Analysis, Star Detector Overview +2

The resonance overlap criterion and the onset of stochastic behavior in the restricted three-body problem

Jack Wisdom · The Astronomical Journal · 1980 · 482 citations

Restricted Three-body Problem, Engineering, Physics +12

Chaotic behavior and the origin of the 31 Kirkwood gap

Jack Wisdom · Icarus · 1983 · 420 citations

Chaos Theory, Kirkwood Gap, Chaotic Mixing +1

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