Patterns Of Depletion In The Asteroid Belt

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Sep 2008

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American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #40, #52.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 40, p.492

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We compare the distribution of observed Main Belt Asteroids (MBAs) with a theoretical model designed to uniformly populate the regions in the asteroid belt that are dynamically stable over the age of the solar system. We find that the asteroid belt appears to be more depleted in asteroids than would be expected if the dynamically stable regions were uniformly populated. We find an overall trend of excess depletion decreasing with increasing semimajor axis. We also find excessive depletion in the regions outward of the Kirkwood gaps associated with the 5:2, the 7:3, and the 2:1 jovain resonances (but not the 3:1 resonance). This pattern of depletion may be consistent with dynamical ejection of asteroids by the sweeping of mean motion resonances and of the nu6 secular resonance during the migration of Jupiter and Saturn. The impacts of the ejected asteroids on the inner planets may explain the Late Heavy Bombardment crater record.

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