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Asteroid families interacting with secular resonances

V. Carruba et al. (2018)

Published
Aug 1, 2018
Journal
Planetary and Space Science · Vol. 157
DOI
10.1016/j.pss.2018.03.009

At a GlanceAI

Review of how secular resonances shape asteroid-family evolution via diffusion in eccentricity/inclination and long-term dynamical spreading.

SummaryAI

The paper synthesizes how asteroid families evolve when their members interact with secular resonances that pump or diffuse eccentricities and inclinations over long times. It highlights secular resonances as key pathways for transporting family fragments through orbital-element space, altering family shapes and complicating age and origin reconstructions. By framing family dynamics around specific resonance mechanisms, it clarifies why some families show strong asymmetries, halos, or depletion zones. The implications are practical for interpreting observed family distributions and for using families as tracers of main-belt dynamical and collisional history.

Method SnapshotAI

Literature-based dynamical analysis of asteroid-family evolution focused on interactions with secular resonances.

BackgroundAI

Celestial mechanics of asteroid families, secular perturbation theory, and resonance-driven orbital evolution in the main belt.

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