Science · 1993 · 294 citations · 22 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsDynamical SystemsPlanetary ScienceBifurcation TheoryChaos TheoryPlanetary EvolutionPlanetary MotionPlanetary RotationPlanetary SystemsChaotic DynamicsChaotic OrbitsChaotic RotationObliquity EvolutionPlanetary DynamicsPlanetary System EvolutionSpin-orbit DynamicsSpin-orbit Resonance
Numerical integration of the rotation of Mars shows that the obliquity of Mars undergoes large chaotic variations. These variations occur as the system evolves in the chaotic zone associated with a secular spin-orbit resonance.
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