Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976icar...29...91p&link_type=abstract
Icarus, vol. 29, Sept. 1976, p. 91-111.
Physics
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Asteroids, Meteorites, Poynting-Robertson Effect, Radiation Effects, Space Debris, Celestial Mechanics, Jupiter (Planet), Orbital Elements, Planetary Evolution
Scientific paper
Some previous difficulties associated with attributing an asteroid-belt origin to meteorites are briefly reviewed. To overcome these, a two-step mechanism is proposed by which small fragments produced by asteroid collisions are gradually sent into eccentric earth-crossing orbits, while the larger parent bodies themselves remain relatively unaffected. Central to this mechanism is the Yarkovsky effect, which arises from the asymmetric reradiation emitted by an illuminated rotating body. Not only can the Yarkovsky effect be three orders of magnitude greater than the Poynting-Robertson drag, but the Yarkovsky acceleration can also be either positive or negative, depending on the sense of the body's rotation. The second stage of the proposed mechanism becomes important only when either secular acceleration causes the orbital elements of the body to evolve into a secular resonance with Jupiter. The Yarkovsky acceleration is explicitly calculated for both cylindrical and spherical bodies. When the orbital consequences of this acceleration acting alone on small asteroid-belt fragments are determined, the results are found to be reasonably consistent with both the relative and absolute cosmic-ray exposure ages of stony and iron meteorites.
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