Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids
- Autores
- Elía, Gonzalo Carlos de; Brunini, Adrián
- Año de publicación
- 2007
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
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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.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata - Materia
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Ciencias Astronómicas
Methods: numerical
Minor planets, asteroids
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Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroidsElía, Gonzalo Carlos deBrunini, AdriánCiencias AstronómicasMethods: numericalMinor planets, asteroidsSolar system: formationAims. In this paper, we analyze the collisional and dynamical evolution of the population of L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> Trojan swarm. This procedure allows us to estimate the size distribution of the L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> 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.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y GeofísicasInstituto de Astrofísica de La Plata2007info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf375-389http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/83342enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0004-6361info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1051/0004-6361:20077979info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:15:41Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/83342Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:15:42.044SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse |
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Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids |
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Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids |
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Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids Elía, Gonzalo Carlos de Ciencias Astronómicas Methods: numerical Minor planets, asteroids Solar system: formation |
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Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids |
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Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids |
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Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids |
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Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids |
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Collisional and dynamical evolution of the L4 Trojan asteroids |
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Elía, Gonzalo Carlos de Brunini, Adrián |
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Ciencias Astronómicas Methods: numerical Minor planets, asteroids Solar system: formation |
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Ciencias Astronómicas Methods: numerical Minor planets, asteroids Solar system: formation |
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Aims. In this paper, we analyze the collisional and dynamical evolution of the population of L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> Trojan swarm. This procedure allows us to estimate the size distribution of the L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> 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. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata |
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Aims. In this paper, we analyze the collisional and dynamical evolution of the population of L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> Trojan swarm. This procedure allows us to estimate the size distribution of the L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> 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 L<SUB>4</SUB> 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. |
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