The Smithers Divide

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

In Binary Systems containing one or more planets, if $\frac{ϕ_{P a S a}}{ϵ} < 0.75$ , the planet's orbit is almost always unstable, where $ϕ_{P a S a}$ is the ratio of planetary semi-major axis to stellar semi-major axis, and $ϵ$ is the stellar orbital eccentricity. However, when $\frac{ϕ}{ϵ} = 0.25$ , 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.^[1]

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↑ Smithers, et al. March 2015. The Smithers Divide

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[1] Smithers, et al. March 2015. The Smithers Divide

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