It’s complicated: a big data approach to exploring planetesimal evolution in the presence of Jovian planets
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Article Title | It’s complicated: a big data approach to exploring planetesimal evolution in the presence of Jovian planets |
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ERA Journal ID | 1048 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Grazier, Kevin R. (Author), Castillo-Rogez, Julie C. (Author) and Horner, Jonathan (Author) |
Journal Title | The Astronomical Journal |
Journal Citation | 156 (5), pp. 1-19 |
Article Number | 232 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | IOP Publishing |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0004-6256 |
1538-3881 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aae095 |
Web Address (URL) | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aae095 |
Abstract | Previous studies have suggested that the scattered disk is populated by planetesimals that once orbited in the reservoirs between the Jovian planets. Other studies have concluded that the source region for the Centaurs and Jupiter family comets (JFCs) is the scattered disk. Still other studies have suggested dynamical links between Centaurs and JFCs. The overarching goal of this study is to build upon our previous work and, using data mining techniques derived from big data applications, explore a database of close planet/planetesimal approaches in order to both examine these claims and demonstrate how complicated the trajectories of planetesimals wending between the Jovian planets can be—as they are subjected to impulsive alterations by close planetary encounters and resonant effects. Our results show that Centaurs, JFCs, and scattered disk objects are not dynamically distinct populations, and the paths planetesimals take over their lifetimes can be extremely complex. An understanding of this complexity offers solutions to other outstanding questions about the current solar system architecture. |
Keywords | comets; Kuiper belt; minor planets; asteroids; planets and satellites; dynamical evolution and stability; formation |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 519999. Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified |
510101. Astrobiology | |
Public Notes | For access to this article, please click on the URL link provided. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Defence, United States |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States | |
School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5438/it-s-complicated-a-big-data-approach-to-exploring-planetesimal-evolution-in-the-presence-of-jovian-planets
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