Secular eigenmode amplitude product

ID: secular-eigenmode-amplitude-product

For a real two-planet Laplace-Lagrange secular matrix with negative off-diagonal entries, the upper secular eigenmode has anti-aligned apsides and the lower has aligned apsides. Their positive planet-1 to planet-2 amplitude ratios obey . Under the conventional angular momentum deficit normalization this is .

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