The Smithers Divide

A plot demonstrating The Smithers Divide, created using scipy and matplotlib.

In Binary Systems containing one or more planets, if $\frac{{\varphi }_{PaSa}}{ϵ}<0.75$, the planet's orbit is almost always unstable, where ${\varphi }_{PaSa}$ is the ratio of planetary semi-major axis to stellar semi-major axis, and $ϵ$ is the stellar orbital eccentricity. However, when $\frac{\varphi }{ϵ}=0.25$, the planetary orbits appear to be stable. The Smithers Divide is this phenomenon, and is currently a topic of ongoing research at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is named after Benjamin Smithers, a student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, California, United States.

External links

• Github.com
• Smithers, et al. March 2015. The Smithers Divide

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