Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997babel.156...47k&link_type=abstract
Bulletin Astronomique de Belgrade, No. 156, p. 47 - 69
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
1
Minor Planets: Families, Minor Planets: Ages, Minor Planets: Orbit Stability, Minor Planets: Chaos
Scientific paper
The authors performed an extensive analysis of the dynamics of all presently known members of the Veritas asteroid family, in order to check the estimate of its age given originally by Milani and Farinella (1994), who used the so-called "chaotic chronology" method for this purpose. The authors started from a much larger sample of family members and carried out many more numerical integrations of the entire family and, in particular, of the chaotic bodies. They show that the dynamics in the region of the phase space occupied by the family is more complex than previously believed, and that there are bodies with motions ranging from remarkable stability to strong chaos. Seven strongly chaotic bodies exhibit a qualitatively similar behavior, in agreement with the predictions of Milani et al. (1996), but also a number of previously unknown features. Although, in general, the authors' results do not contradict the conclusions of Milani and Farinella and fit reasonably well with their estimate of the family age, there are also some interesting results of this analysis, which open new questions and require a more thorough and dedicated investigation.
Jovanovic Bozidar
Knezevic Zoran
No associations
LandOfFree
Is the chaotic clock ticking correctly? does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Is the chaotic clock ticking correctly?, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Is the chaotic clock ticking correctly? will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-892622