Free Access
Table A.1
Description of variables.
Variable | Description |
---|---|
D | Asteroid diameter in km |
a | Semi-major axis in au. |
e | Eccentricity. |
i | Inclination in degrees. |
Dr | Reciprocal of the diameter, ![]() |
ac | The location of the V -shape center in au. |
n | Mean motion in ![]() |
V ev | Ejection velocity in ![]() |
α | The α of a V -shape according to Eq. (12). |
pV | Visual albedo. |
C | Total V -shape width in au. |
αEV | α defined for an ejection velocity V -shape defined by Eq. (24). |
Nout | Number density of objects between the nominal and outer V -shapes. |
Nin | Number density of objects between the nominal and inner V -shapes. |
dC | Difference in C between the nominal and outer/inner V -shapes. |
H | Absolute magnitude. |
CYE | V -shape width due to Yarkovsky spreading of fragments in au. |
CEV | V -shape width due to the initial ejection of fragments in au. |
N | Number of family members used with the V -shape technique. |
αYE | The α of a Yarkovsky V -shape. |
ρ | Asteroid density in g cm-3. |
A | Bond albedo. |
θ | Asteroid obliquity. |
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.