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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 22.
Published in final edited form as: Astron J. 2017 Nov 6;154(5):208. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/aa9184

Table 1. Dynamical Survival Results.

aT, Triton’s initial semimajor axis in Neptune Radii, qT, Triton’s initial pericenter in Neptune Radii, incT, Triton’s initial inclination.

#Set aT[RNep] qT[RNep] incT[deg] # Triton’s survival # Triton’s fall onto planet # Triton’s escape
0.3MUSats MUSats 3MUSats 0.3MUSats MUSats 3MUSats 0.3MUSats MUSats 3MUSats
1* 300 8.1 105 9 8 2 0 1 6 1 1 2
2* 300 8.1 157 10 7 3 0 3 7 0 0 0
3 300 8.1 157 10 0 1 0 10 6 0 0 3
4 1004 8.0 157 9 0 0 0 8 7 1 2 3
5 1004 8.0 105 6 4 0 1 2 4 3 4 6
6 128 8.0 157 10 2 0 0 8 10 0 0 0
7 128 8.0 105 10 5 2 0 5 7 0 0 1
8 512 8.0 157 9 1 1 0 7 5 1 2 4
9 512 8.0 105 8 4 1 0 2 5 2 4 4
10 2000 8.0 157 1 1 0 0 2 1 9 7 9
11 2000 8.0 105 2 2 1 0 2 1 8 6 8
12 300 6.8 105 10 3 2 0 2 5 0 5 3
13 512 8.0 175 10 0 0 0 9 9 0 1 1
14 300 6.8 175 10 0 0 0 10 8 0 0 2
15* 512 8.0 157 10 7 0 0 2 9 0 1 1
16* 512 8.0 105 10 7 1 0 0 3 0 3 6
17 512 12.5 157 10 4 2 0 5 5 0 1 3
18 512 17.5 157 10 6 1 0 2 4 0 2 5
19 1004 29 157 10 9 1 0 0 5 0 1 4
20 1004 37.9 157 10 9 5 0 0 0 0 1 5
*

Semimajor axis are similar to Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon.