Resonance-overlap encounter estimate

ID: resonance-overlap-encounter-estimate

A local weak gravitational assist estimate for a nonradiating circular grain gives , where . Conjunction-longitude sensitivity to an encounter then gives . Requiring the change to exceed one full turn and using gives . This motivates loss of coherent resonant conjunctions, rather than proving that every initial phase escapes. The coefficient depends on the encounter convention and the approximations; near-planet Hill equations require a consistent rotating-frame shear instead of mixing local inertial and rotating velocities.

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