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Figure 1:
( Top) Eccentricity evolution of a 10
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Figure 2:
( Top) Inclination evolution of a 10
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Figure 3:
( Top) Eccentricity evolution of a 10
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Figure 4:
Orbital elements for the 3D NIRVANA model,
similar to Fig. 5 but with eight protoplanets
(run H1). Behaviour is
similar to the early stages of the N-body models, with scattering and
collisions among the inner population. A co-orbital system is formed, which
remains stable for the remainder of the integrations. Note only the smallest
protoplanet achieves e>0.1 or
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Figure 5:
Evolution of a 10 planet N-body model with ordered
masses and the fiducial set-up (O1).
( Top) Semi-major axes of the migrating embryos. Short periods of
activity are followed by long periods of migration between bodies in first
order mean-motion resonances.
The 4 and 18
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Figure 6: The first order mean-motion resonances between the planets in Fig. 5, during the longest resonant migration phase. Each plot is labelled (Pi,Pj)-p:q, where Pi and Pj are the exterior and interior protoplanets in each resonance respectively, and p:q is the commensurability between them. (The figure is available in colour in the online version.) |
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Figure 7: Evolution of a 10 planet N-body model with randomised masses and the fiducial set-up (R1). ( Top) Semi-major axes of the migrating embryos. Short periods of activity are followed by long periods of migration of bodies in first order mean-motion resonances. ( Middle) The embryos' eccentricities over the same time. ( Bottom) The embryos' inclinations. (The figure is available in colour in the online version.) |
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Figure 8:
Snapshots of two randomly selected simulations from the
model classes shown, with the exception of the first (R1) and fourth (R2) rows,
which correspond to Figs. 7 and 9 respectively. The snapshots
are taken at
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Figure 9: Evolution of a co-orbital system (class R2) migrating inwards: two co-orbital pairs, locked in a 3:2 MMR. The size of each planet is proportional to its mass, while the open triangles display each primary body's L4 and L5 points. The other protoplanets present in the model are not displayed, but those shown are part of a resonant group encompassing nine bodies. ( Top) Initially the co-orbital planets' motions cover the whole horseshoe region. ( Middle) The disc's action causes the planets to shift into tadpole orbits. ( Bottom) The planets migrate inwards under small librations. (The figure is available in colour in the online version.) |
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Figure 10: Frequency of N-body models displaying stable horseshoe or tadpole planets. On the left, N-body data from Paper I is shown for comparison. Left-right: 2D ordered, 2D randomised, 3D ordered, 3D randomised. |
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Figure 11: Frequency of collisions per simulation for the ordered mass models ( left) and randomised mass models ( right). The open bars show the corresponding 2D data of Paper I. |
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Figure 12: Frequency of resonant group size per simulation for the ordered mass models ( left) and randomised mass models ( right). |
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