Image Details
Caption: Figure 2.
Plot of the planet's radial position as a function of time
p
(
t) for the two planet simulations. The dashed-diamond and solid-star lines (colored red and black in the online version) indicate
the curves (
(
t)), points (
a), and horizontal scales (
t) that correspond to the
t = 0 and
t = 10 planet runs, respectively. The symbols are the approximate semi-major axes
a computed for each 0 to 2ϕ change in azimuth of the planet as explained in the text.
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