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Yarkovsky footprints in the Eos family

D. Vokrouhlický et al. (2006)

Published
May 1, 2006
Journal
Icarus · Vol. 182 · No. 1
DOI
10.1016/j.icarus.2005.12.011

At a GlanceAI

Links Eos family structure to Yarkovsky-driven drift shaped by nearby secular resonances.

SummaryAI

The paper examines how non-gravitational Yarkovsky drift can leave observable “footprints” in the orbital distribution of members of the Eos asteroid family. It emphasizes how this slow semimajor-axis migration interacts with secular resonances near the family, imprinting characteristic structures in proper element space. By tying family morphology to Yarkovsky transport plus secular-resonance dynamics, it helps interpret Eos-family evolution and constrain long-term dynamical pathways in the main belt.

Method SnapshotAI

Dynamical interpretation of asteroid-family proper-element structure using modeling of Yarkovsky-driven orbital drift and resonance effects.

BackgroundAI

Asteroid-family dynamics, proper elements, the Yarkovsky effect, and secular-resonance perturbation theory in the main belt.