On the Dynamics of Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects

Hsin-Chu; Ing-Guey Jiang (1); Li-Chin Yeh (2) ((1)Department of Physics; National Hsinchu University of Education; National Tsing-Hua University; Taiwan); Taiwan; (2)Department of Applied Mathematics

arxiv: astro-ph/0701807 · v1 · submitted 2007-01-29 · 🌌 astro-ph

On the Dynamics of Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects

Ing-Guey Jiang (1) , Li-Chin Yeh (2) ((1)Department of Physics , National Tsing-Hua University , Hsin-Chu , Taiwan; (2)Department of Applied Mathematics , National Hsinchu University of Education , Taiwan) This is my paper

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keywords resonantbeltcapturekuipermechanismobjectscomparisondrag-induced

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We propose a new mechanism of drag-induced resonant capture, which can explain the resonant Kuiper Belt Objects in a natural way. A review and comparison with the traditional mechanism of sweeping capture by the migrating Neptune will be given.

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