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Table D.1

Comparison between analytical and numerical solutions for the changes in central instants.

Mutual Change in tc Relative

approx. analytical (s) numerical (s) error (–)
1 2.17458 2.17455 7.84 × 10−6
2 36.7842 36.7824 4.85 × 10−5
3 73.9007 73.8972 4.76 × 10−5
4 94.9994 94.9951 4.56 × 10−5
5 111.043 111.038 4.74 × 10−5
6 132.098 132.092 4.55 × 10−5
7 169.169 169.161 4.55 × 10−5
8 203.983 203.974 4.58 × 10−5
9 206.006 206.198 9.30 × 10−4
10 241.156 241.145 4.53 × 10−5
11 261.643 261.631 4.35 × 10−5
12 278.322 278.309 4.51 × 10−5
13 298.557 298.544 4.21 × 10−5
14 335.416 335.403 4.04 × 10−5
15 371.133 371.117 4.27 × 10−5
16 372.219 372.205 3.84 × 10−5
17 408.219 408.202 4.23 × 10−5
18 445.273 445.254 4.21 × 10−5
19 464.009 463.996 2.82 × 10−5
20 482.288 482.267 4.21 × 10−5

Notes. This table compares the analytical and numerical solutions for the changes in central instants after applying a small variation (0.001%) in the initial states of Io, Europa and the Earth. Analytical approximations of the changes are derived from the central instants partials provided in Sect. 2.3. Results are here only reported for the 20 first mutual approximations detected in 2020 (although verification was conducted over 200 observations).

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