BY A PUTATIVE MASSIVE BODY Louisville DPS 2004 TORQUES ON SEDNA (2003 VB12) BY A PUTATIVE MASSIVE BODY IN THE OORT CLOUD John J. Matese1 and Jack J. Lissauer 2 1Department of Physics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette 2 NASA Ames Research Center

Computational Approach

An electronic version of this presentation can be found at the website listed in the DPS electronic program: http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~jjm9638/

Some example calculations:

Graphical Illustrations: Surface plots Fixed companion parameters

Graphical Illustrations: Contour plots Fixed companion parameters

First sequence of calculations:

Second sequence of calculations:

Conclusions

Conclusions (cont.)

Appendix I. Comparing Extended SDO’s

Appendix II. Details of the equations of motion