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Chaotic dynamics outside Saturn's main rings: The case of Atlas

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We revisit in detail the dynamics of Atlas. From a fit to new Cassini ISS astrometric observations spanning February 2004 to August 2013, we estimate GM_Atlas=0.384 /-0.001 x 10^(-3)km^3s^(-2), a value 13% smaller than the previously published estimate but with an order of magnitude reduction in the uncertainty. Our numerically-derived orbit shows that Atlas is currently librating in both a 54:53 corotation eccentricity resonance (CER) and a 54:53 Lindblad eccentricity resonance (LER) with Prometheus. We demonstrate that the orbit of Atlas is chaotic, with a Lyapunov time of order 10 years, as a direct consequence of the coupled resonant interaction (CER/LER) with Prometheus. The interactions between the two resonances is investigated using the CoraLin analytical model (El Moutamid et al., 2014), showing that the chaotic zone fills almost all the corotation site occupied by the satellite's orbit. Four 70 :67 apse-type mean motion resonances with Pandora are also overlapping, but these resonances have a much weaker effect on Atlas.We estimate the capture probabilities of Atlas into resonances with Prometheus as the orbits expand through tidal effects, and discuss the implications for the orbital evolution.
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hal-03724582 , version 1 (15-07-2022)

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Stefan Renner, Nicholas J. Cooper, Maryame El Moutamid, Mike W. Evans, Carl D. Murray, et al.. Chaotic dynamics outside Saturn's main rings: The case of Atlas. AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting #46, Nov 2014, Tucson, AZ, United States. ⟨hal-03724582⟩
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