Numerical investigation of motions of resonant asteroids in the three-dimensional space |
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Authors: | Makoto Yoshikawa |
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Institution: | (1) Communications Research Laboratory, Kashinza Space Research Center, 893-1 Hirai, 314 Kashinia, Ibaraki, Japan |
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Abstract: | Motions of asteroids in mean motion resonances with Jupiter are studied in three-dimensional space. Orbital changes of fictitious asteroids in the Kirkwood gaps are calculated by numerical integrations for 105 – 106 years. The main results are as follows: (1) There are various motions of resonant asteroids, and some of them are very complicated and chaotic and others are regular. (2) The eccentricity of some asteroids becomes very large, and the variation of the inclination is large while the eccentricity is large. (3) In the 3:1 resonance, there is a long periodic change in the variation of the inclination, when (7 : ) is a simple ratio (7: longitude of perihelion, : longitude of node). (4) In the 7:3 resonance, the variation of the inclination of some resonant asteroids is so large that prograde motion becomes retrograde. Some asteroids in the 7:3 resonance can collide with the Sun as well as with the inner planets. |
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Keywords: | Asteroid Kirkwood gap resonance |
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