Secular models and Kozai resonance for planets in coorbital non-coplanar motion

Secular models and Kozai resonance for planets in coorbital non-coplanar motion

Authors:

Giuppone et al

Abstract:

In this work, we construct and test an analytical and a semianalytical secular models for two planets locked in a coorbital non-coplanar motion, comparing some results with the case of restricted three body problem. The analytical average model replicates the numerical N-body integrations, even for moderate eccentricities (≲ 0.3) and inclinations (≲ 10°), except for the regions corresponding to quasi-satellite and Lidov-Kozai configurations. Furthermore, this model is also useful in the restricted three body problem, assuming very low mass ratio between the planets. We also describe a four-degree-of-freedom semianalytical model valid for any type of coorbital configuration in a wide range of eccentricities and inclinations. Using a N-body integrator, we have found that the phase space of the General Three Body Problem is different to the restricted case for inclined systems, and establish the location of the Lidov-Kozai equilibrium configurations depending on mass ratio. We study the stability of periodic orbits in the inclined systems, and find that apart from the robust configurations L4, AL4, and QS is possible to have two Earth-like planets in orbits previously identified as unstable U and also in Euler L3 configurations, with bounded chaos.