Interaction between Yarkovsky force and mean-motion resonances: Some specific properties

Abstract

Recently, we analyzed the role of mean-motion resonances in semi-major axis mobility of asteroids, and established a functional relationship that describes the dependence of the average time spent inside the resonance on the strength of this resonance and the semi-major axis drift speed. Here we extend this analyzis in two directions. First, we study the distribution of time delays inside the resonance and found that it could be described by the modified Laplace asymmetric distribution. Second, we analyze how the time spent inside the resonance depends on orbital eccentricity, and propose a relation that allows to take into account this parameter as well.

Keywords

• minor planets
• asteroids
• methods: numerical
• methods: statistical