The Stability Boundary of the Distant Scattered Disk
@article{Batygin2021TheSB, title={The Stability Boundary of the Distant Scattered Disk}, author={Konstantin Batygin and Rosemary A. Mardling and David Nesvorn{\'y}}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2021}, volume={920} }
The distant scattered disk is a vast population of trans-Neptunian minor bodies that orbit the Sun on highly elongated, long-period orbits. The orbital stability of scattered-disk objects (SDOs) is primarily controlled by a single parameter—their perihelion distance. While the existence of a perihelion boundary that separates chaotic and regular motion of long-period orbits is well established through numerical experiments, its theoretical basis as well as its semimajor axis dependence remain…
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