Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids

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de Elia, Gonzalo Carlos; Brunini, Adrian
Año de publicación
2007
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inglés
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Aims. In this paper, we analyze the collisional and dynamical evolution of the population of L4 Jovian Trojans. Methods. To do this, we test different collisional parameters and include a dynamical treatment, taking into account the stability and instability zones of the L4 Trojan swarm. This procedure allows us to estimate the size distribution of the L4 Trojans, to study their mean collisional lifetimes, to analyze the formation of families, to obtain ejection rates of Trojan fragments and to discuss their possible contribution to the current populations of Centaurs and Jupiter-family comets. Results. Our estimates of the L4 Trojan cumulative size distribution show waves that propagate from diameters of ∼0.1 to ∼80 km around the values derived from optical surveys. On the other hand, the mean collisional lifetimes obtained from our simulations indicate that the large Trojan asteroids have likely survived without being catastrophically fragmented over the age of the Solar System. With regards to the Trojan removal, we calculate a maximum ejection rate of Trojan fragments from L4 of ∼50 objects larger than 1 km of diameter per Myr, which results to be significantly smaller than values previously published. Such estimates allow us to infer that the contribution of the Trojan asteroids to the current populations of Centaurs and Jupiter-family comets is negligible. In addition, our results are in agreement with the formation of few Trojan families in the L4 swarm. On the other hand, we infer that the current orbital distribution of the Trojan asteroids does not offer a strong constraint on the dynamical origin of this population. © ESO 2007.
Fil: de Elia, Gonzalo Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Brunini, Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
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spelling Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroidsde Elia, Gonzalo CarlosBrunini, AdrianMETHODS: NUMERICALMINOR PLANETS, ASTEROIDSSOLAR SYSTEM: FORMATIONhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Aims. In this paper, we analyze the collisional and dynamical evolution of the population of L4 Jovian Trojans. Methods. To do this, we test different collisional parameters and include a dynamical treatment, taking into account the stability and instability zones of the L4 Trojan swarm. This procedure allows us to estimate the size distribution of the L4 Trojans, to study their mean collisional lifetimes, to analyze the formation of families, to obtain ejection rates of Trojan fragments and to discuss their possible contribution to the current populations of Centaurs and Jupiter-family comets. Results. Our estimates of the L4 Trojan cumulative size distribution show waves that propagate from diameters of ∼0.1 to ∼80 km around the values derived from optical surveys. On the other hand, the mean collisional lifetimes obtained from our simulations indicate that the large Trojan asteroids have likely survived without being catastrophically fragmented over the age of the Solar System. With regards to the Trojan removal, we calculate a maximum ejection rate of Trojan fragments from L4 of ∼50 objects larger than 1 km of diameter per Myr, which results to be significantly smaller than values previously published. Such estimates allow us to infer that the contribution of the Trojan asteroids to the current populations of Centaurs and Jupiter-family comets is negligible. In addition, our results are in agreement with the formation of few Trojan families in the L4 swarm. On the other hand, we infer that the current orbital distribution of the Trojan asteroids does not offer a strong constraint on the dynamical origin of this population. © ESO 2007.Fil: de Elia, Gonzalo Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; ArgentinaFil: Brunini, Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; ArgentinaEDP Sciences2007-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/54393de Elia, Gonzalo Carlos; Brunini, Adrian; Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids; EDP Sciences; Astronomy and Astrophysics; 475; 1; 11-2007; 375-3890004-6361CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1051/0004-6361:20077979info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2007/43/aa7979-07/aa7979-07.htmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:59:32Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/54393instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:59:32.341CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids
title Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids
spellingShingle Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids
de Elia, Gonzalo Carlos
METHODS: NUMERICAL
MINOR PLANETS, ASTEROIDS
SOLAR SYSTEM: FORMATION
title_short Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids
title_full Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids
title_fullStr Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids
title_full_unstemmed Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids
title_sort Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv de Elia, Gonzalo Carlos
Brunini, Adrian
author de Elia, Gonzalo Carlos
author_facet de Elia, Gonzalo Carlos
Brunini, Adrian
author_role author
author2 Brunini, Adrian
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv METHODS: NUMERICAL
MINOR PLANETS, ASTEROIDS
SOLAR SYSTEM: FORMATION
topic METHODS: NUMERICAL
MINOR PLANETS, ASTEROIDS
SOLAR SYSTEM: FORMATION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Aims. In this paper, we analyze the collisional and dynamical evolution of the population of L4 Jovian Trojans. Methods. To do this, we test different collisional parameters and include a dynamical treatment, taking into account the stability and instability zones of the L4 Trojan swarm. This procedure allows us to estimate the size distribution of the L4 Trojans, to study their mean collisional lifetimes, to analyze the formation of families, to obtain ejection rates of Trojan fragments and to discuss their possible contribution to the current populations of Centaurs and Jupiter-family comets. Results. Our estimates of the L4 Trojan cumulative size distribution show waves that propagate from diameters of ∼0.1 to ∼80 km around the values derived from optical surveys. On the other hand, the mean collisional lifetimes obtained from our simulations indicate that the large Trojan asteroids have likely survived without being catastrophically fragmented over the age of the Solar System. With regards to the Trojan removal, we calculate a maximum ejection rate of Trojan fragments from L4 of ∼50 objects larger than 1 km of diameter per Myr, which results to be significantly smaller than values previously published. Such estimates allow us to infer that the contribution of the Trojan asteroids to the current populations of Centaurs and Jupiter-family comets is negligible. In addition, our results are in agreement with the formation of few Trojan families in the L4 swarm. On the other hand, we infer that the current orbital distribution of the Trojan asteroids does not offer a strong constraint on the dynamical origin of this population. © ESO 2007.
Fil: de Elia, Gonzalo Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Brunini, Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
description Aims. In this paper, we analyze the collisional and dynamical evolution of the population of L4 Jovian Trojans. Methods. To do this, we test different collisional parameters and include a dynamical treatment, taking into account the stability and instability zones of the L4 Trojan swarm. This procedure allows us to estimate the size distribution of the L4 Trojans, to study their mean collisional lifetimes, to analyze the formation of families, to obtain ejection rates of Trojan fragments and to discuss their possible contribution to the current populations of Centaurs and Jupiter-family comets. Results. Our estimates of the L4 Trojan cumulative size distribution show waves that propagate from diameters of ∼0.1 to ∼80 km around the values derived from optical surveys. On the other hand, the mean collisional lifetimes obtained from our simulations indicate that the large Trojan asteroids have likely survived without being catastrophically fragmented over the age of the Solar System. With regards to the Trojan removal, we calculate a maximum ejection rate of Trojan fragments from L4 of ∼50 objects larger than 1 km of diameter per Myr, which results to be significantly smaller than values previously published. Such estimates allow us to infer that the contribution of the Trojan asteroids to the current populations of Centaurs and Jupiter-family comets is negligible. In addition, our results are in agreement with the formation of few Trojan families in the L4 swarm. On the other hand, we infer that the current orbital distribution of the Trojan asteroids does not offer a strong constraint on the dynamical origin of this population. © ESO 2007.
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