Machine learning prediction for mean motion resonance behaviour -- The planar case
This provides a fast method for classifying Kuiper Belt Objects in future surveys, but it is incremental as it applies an existing machine learning approach to a specific astronomical problem.
The authors tackled the problem of predicting the long-term orbital behavior of objects in the 2:3 mean motion resonance with Neptune, showing that a trained artificial neural network can predict trajectories over 18,750 years with an accuracy of a few degrees in resonant angle, while saving computational time.
Most recently, machine learning has been used to study the dynamics of integrable Hamiltonian systems and the chaotic 3-body problem. In this work, we consider an intermediate case of regular motion in a non-integrable system: the behaviour of objects in the 2:3 mean motion resonance with Neptune. We show that, given initial data from a short 6250 yr numerical integration, the best-trained artificial neural network (ANN) can predict the trajectories of the 2:3 resonators over the subsequent 18750 yr evolution, covering a full libration cycle over the combined time period. By comparing our ANN's prediction of the resonant angle to the outcome of numerical integrations, the former can predict the resonant angle with an accuracy as small as of a few degrees only, while it has the advantage of considerably saving computational time. More specifically, the trained ANN can effectively measure the resonant amplitudes of the 2:3 resonators, and thus provides a fast approach that can identify the resonant candidates. This may be helpful in classifying a huge population of KBOs to be discovered in future surveys.