On the Dynamics of Inclined Neptune's Trojans
Astrophysics
2008-11-18 v1
Abstract
The dynamics of artificial asteroids on the Trojan-like orbits around Neptune is investigated in this paper. We describe the dependence of the orbital stability on the initial semimajor axis a and inclination i by constructing a dynamical map on the (a,i)-plane. Rich details are revealed in the dynamical map, especially a unstable gap at i=45 deg is determined and the mechanism triggering chaos in this region is figured out. Our investigation can be used to guide the observations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0811.2491,
title = {On the Dynamics of Inclined Neptune's Trojans},
author = {Li-Yong Zhou and Rudolf Dvorak and Yi-Sui Sun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.2491},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
3 pages with 3 figures. Submitted for publication in the proceedings of the 10th Aisa-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting. Typos added