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On the Hecuba gap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

S. Ferraz-Mello
S. Ferraz-Mello*
Affiliation:
Instituto Astronômico e Geofísico, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 9638, 01065-São Paulo, SP, Brasil. sylvio@vax.iagusp.usp.br

Abstract

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An asteroid captured in the Hecuba gap (2/1 resonance with Jupiter) may remain there for a long time before escaping. However, the study of the diffusion of orbits in the gap indicates an escape timescale in the range 107–109 years. The short-period perturbations of Jupiter's orbit play a determinant role in the creation of the stochasticity responsible for the escape.

Information

Type
Part IV - Asteroids: Theory and Ephemerides
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 172: Dynamics, Ephemerides and Astrometry of the Solar System , 1996, pp. 177 - 182
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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