Adiabatic actions do not preserve orbital closure

ID: adiabatic-actions-do-not-preserve-orbital-closure

Adiabatic invariance of an orbital action preserves action values during slow regular changes, but frequencies can vary. Closure requires rational frequency ratios, which need not persist. A slowly added harmonic component in a Kepler orbit potential produces generic apsidal precession.

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