The size of the stability regions of Jupiter Trojans

Details The size of the stability regions of Jupiter Trojans The size of the stability regions of Jupiter Trojans

Jul 2006

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 453, Issue 1, July I 2006, pp.353-361

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Celestial Mechanics, Minor Planets, Asteroids, Methods: N-Body Simulations

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Context: .We have known about the Trojan group of asteroids since 1906. With a suspected number comparable to that of the main-belt, they move around the Lagrangian points L4 and L5 of the Sun-Jupiter system. Aims: . During the past century the Trojan asteroids were the topic of many studies of their orbital dynamics and stability. In recent years it has been possible to perform extensive numerical simulations of the motion of these asteroids and thus also to investigate the size and structure of the stability region around the Lagrangian points. The aim of this work is to find new numerical estimates of the size and shape of the stability region. Additionally, the problem of the asymmetry between the two Trojan groups (there seem to be more asteroids in L4 than in L_5) is investigated. Methods: .We investigate the extension of this regions in the (σ - e) and (σ - i) plane (where σ=(ω+Ω+M)-(ωJUP+ΩJUP+MJUP)) and show how the initial inclination and initial eccentricity change the size and shape of this region. The problem of Trojan asymmetry is investigated by directly analyzing the evolution of orbital parameters. Results: .We find both that there is a "critical" eccentricity of eINI ≈ 0.15 that plays an important role in the dynamics of Trojan asteroids and influences the structure of the stability regions and that the region of the small amplitudes of Δ σ=σmax-σmin is larger for L4 due to the influence of Saturn and thus the L4 group of Trojans seems to be more stable than the L5 group.

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