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Yarkovsky origin of the unstable asteroids in the 2/1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter

Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2005

Abstract

We reexamine origin, evolution and survavibility of objects residing in the 2/1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter. Over 100 new bodies are found and those with unstable orbits proved to be transported from the stable zone of the main belt by the Yarkovsky orbital drift.