Long-term evolution of the Galilean satellites: the capture of Callisto into resonance · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2001.01106/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTLong-term evolution of the Galilean satellites: the capture of Callisto into resonance — mentioned by perihelionshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39269652urn:hackerpapers:mention:2001.01106:39269652Tue, 06 Feb 2024 01:30:43 GMT<p>The orbits of the Galilean moons form a perfectly-tuned triple octave, plus a slightly flat minor tenth (1:2:4:9.4). After a slight glissando, they will likely settle in a quadruple octave (1:2:4:8) and stop there, in about 1.5 Gyr. It&#x27;s a cross-cutting phenomenon that the natural universe likes to self-arrange itself into chords [4] https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.01106 (&quot;Long-term evolution of the Galilean satellites: the capture of Callisto into resonance&quot;) via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_moons#Origin_and_evol...</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2001.01106/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.EP