Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011dda....42.0501m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DDA meeting #42, #5.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
When the theories of motion for celestial bodies are constrained by observations they can provide the most quantitative and most accurate physical models. The amount of information contained in such theories is large due to the following reasons: 1) very large data sets (millions of observations), 2) accurate observations, 3) large population samples, 4) accurate dynamical models, with subtle perturbations (e.g., non-gravitational, relativistic), 5) long term stability and computability, 6) extreme accuracy requirements (as in impact monitoring).
This way of thinking shall be illustrated by a number of examples, taken from my own experience, that is either from results obtained in the past by myself and my coworkers or from work I have not completed and which I may not be able to complete, thus will be left as a bequest of problems to be solved.
The examples will include the internal structure of asteroid families, the orbit determination of large populations (asteroids, debris), the next generation radioscience experiments, the prediction of chaotic orbits, the need to decide for the deflection of a threatening asteroid.
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