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PallasJupiter.GIF ‎(590 × 514 pixels, file size: 2.07 MB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 161 frames, 16 s)
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Description: The near 18:7 resonance pattern of Pallas with Jupiter only marches clockwise. It never halts and reverses course (i.e. librates). It shows the motion of Pallas in a rotating frame with a period equal to Jupiter's orbital period. (Jupiter is held basically stationary.) Jupiter (rotating frame) is the pink ellipse at 10 o'clock, Mars is orange, the Earth-moon system is the blue and white. The orbit of Pallas is green if it is above the ecliptic, and red if it is below.
Title: PallasJupiter
Credit: Frames generated with Gravity Simulator written by Tony Dunn. Source GIF animation on server
Author: Tony Dunn from the Gravity Simulator message board.
Permission: GPL
Usage Terms: GNU General Public License
License: GPL
License Link: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
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