Issue |
A&A
Volume 466, Number 3, May II 2007
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Page(s) | 1159 - 1177 | |
Section | Planets and planetary systems | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066046 | |
Published online | 24 April 2007 |
Collisional and dynamical evolution of the main belt and NEA population
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque S/N (1900), La Plata, Argentina IALP-CONICET e-mail: [gdeelia,abrunini]@fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar
Received:
14
July
2006
Accepted:
15
January
2007
Aims.In this paper, we analyze the collisional evolution of the Main Belt and NEA population taking into account the major dynamical features present in both populations.
Methods.To do this, we divide the asteroid belt
into three semimajor axis zones, whose boundaries are given by the
secular resonance, and the 3:1, 5:2 and 2:1 mean motion
resonances with Jupiter, treating them as strong sources of dynamical
removal. We also consider the action of the Yarkovsky effect and
diffusive resonances as mechanisms of mass depletion. This treatment
allows us to calculate the direct collisional injection into the
powerful resonances, to study the collisional exchange of mass between
the different regions of the Main Belt and to analyze the provenance
of the NEA objects.
Results.Our model is in agreement with the major observational constraints associated with the Main Belt and NEA populations, such as their size distributions, the collisional history of Vesta, the number of large asteroid families and the cosmic-ray exposure (CRE) ages of meteorites. We find that none of the dynamical and collisional mechanisms included in our treatment are able to mix material between the three studied main belt regions, since more than 99% of the final mass of every ring of our model of the Main Belt is represented by primordial material. In addition, our results supports that the Yarkovsky effect is the most important process that removes material from the asteroid Main Belt, rather than collisional injection into the major resonances. With regards to the provenance of the NEAs, our work shows that ~94% of the NEA population comes from the region inside the 5:2 mean motion resonance.
Key words: minor planets, asteroids / methods: N-body simulations / methods: numerical / solar system: formation
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