The Drag Induced Resonant Capture for Kuiper Belt Objects
Abstract
It has been an interesting question that why there are one-third of Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) trapped into the 3:2 resonance but, in contrast, only several KBOs are claimed to be associated with the 2:1 resonance. In a model proposed by Zhou et al. (2002), the stochastic outward migration of the Neptune could reduce the number of particles in the 2:1 resonance and thus the objects in the 3:2 resonance become more distinct. As a complementary study, we investigate the effect of proto-stellar discs on the resonance capture. Our results show that the gaseous drag of a proto-stellar disc can trap KBOs into the 3:2 resonance rather easily. In addition, no objects are captured into the 2:1 resonance in our simulation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0410426,
title = {The Drag Induced Resonant Capture for Kuiper Belt Objects},
author = {Ing-Guey Jiang and Li-Chin Yeh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0410426},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Figure 1 is replaced with the correct one