The effect of the nebula on the Trojan precursors

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Nov 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993icar..106..308p&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 106, p. 308

Computer Science

Numerical Analysis

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Protoplanets, Libration, Jupiter (Planet), Asteroids, Solar Orbits, Spatial Distribution, Poynting-Robertson Effect, Angular Velocity, Numerical Analysis

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The long-term stability of libration of small planetesimals about the L4 and L5 points, at a proto-Jupiter distance from the sun, indicates that most of the mass of the Trojan asteroids was collisionally captured into libration, accreting into large bodies while the solar nebula was still present. The Trojans thereby represent samples of the material making up the core of Jupiter prior to the addition of the large mass of volatiles that resulted in the currently gaseous planet. The history presently developed for the Trojans involves accumulation of most of the mass in libration before dispersal of the nebula.

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