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Effects of perturbing forces on the orbital stability of planetary systems L.Kiseleva-Eggleton1 IGPP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-413, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 1 94550 0 0 2 r lkisseleva@igpp.ucllnl.org p A and 4 1 v E.Bois 9 8 Observatoire de Bordeaux, 2 rue d’Observatoire, B.P.89, F-33270, Floirac, France 0 4 0 bois@observ.u-bordeaux.fr 1 0 / h p Received ; accepted - o r t s a : v i X r a 1Also Dept. of Physics, University of California, Davis – 2 – ABSTRACT We consider dynamical effects of additional perturbative forces due to the non- point mass nature of stars and planets: effects such as quadrupolar distortion and tidal friction in the systems of exo-planets. It is shown that these forces should not be neglected while modelling the dynamics of planetary systems, especially taking into account the undefined real masses of the planets due to unknown orbital inclinations and the unsatisfactory application of Keplerian fits to the radial velocity data in multiple planetary systems. Subject headings: celestial mechanics, stellar dynamics - planetary systems - stars:individual (υ Andromedae) 1. Introduction About 50 extrasolar planets have been discovered so far, among them: at least three confirmed planetary systems around the stars υ And with three Jupiter mass planets (e.g. Laughlin Adams 1999, Riv