The evolution of bodies orbiting in the trans-Neptunian region on to intermediate-type orbits

Authors
Maran, MD Williams, IP
Citation
Md. Maran et Ip. Williams, The evolution of bodies orbiting in the trans-Neptunian region on to intermediate-type orbits, M NOT R AST, 318(2), 2000, pp. 482-492
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00358711 → ACNP
Volume
318
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
482 - 492
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(20001021)318:2<482:TEOBOI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We investigate the dynamical evolution of 210 hypothetical massless bodies initially situated between 10 and 30 au from the Sun in order to determine the general characteristics of the evolved system. This is of particular re levance to the understanding of the origin of Edgeworth-Kuiper belt objects on scattered intermediate orbits, such as 1996TL(66), which have high ecce ntricity and semimajor axis but nevertheless have perihelion in the region between 30 and 50 au from the Sun.