The Dynamics of Plutinos
@article{Yu1999TheDO, title={The Dynamics of Plutinos}, author={Qingjuan Yu and Scott Tremaine}, journal={The Astronomical Journal}, year={1999}, volume={118}, pages={1873 - 1881} }
Plutinos are Kuiper belt objects that share the 3:2 Neptune resonance with Pluto. The long-term stability of Plutino orbits depends on their eccentricity. Plutinos with eccentricities close to Pluto's (fractional eccentricity difference Δe/eP = |e - eP|/eP ≲ 0.1) can be stable because the longitude difference librates, in a manner similar to the tadpole and horseshoe libration in co-orbital satellites. Plutinos with Δe/eP ≳ 0.3 can also be stable; the longitude difference circulates and close…
49 Citations
Close Approaches of Trans-Neptunian Objects to Pluto Have Left Observable Signatures on Their Orbital Distribution
- Physics, Geology
- 1999
It is shown that in addition to four outer planets (Jupiter to Neptune) Pluto should be also taken into account in studies of the orbital dynamics in the trans-Neptunian region. Pluto's effect is…
The Effect of Neptune's Accretion on Pluto and the Plutinos
- Physics, Geology
- 2003
The peculiar relationship of Pluto to Neptune, its resonances and high eccentricity and inclination, have led to the theory that the relationship arose from the migration of the outer planets,…
Plutino (15810) 1994 JR1, an accidental quasi-satellite of Pluto
- Physics, Geology
- 2012
In the Solar system, quasi-satellites move in a 1:1 mean motion resonance going around their host body like a retrograde satellite but their mutual separation is well beyond the Hill radius and the…
NEPTUNE’S ORBITAL MIGRATION WAS GRAINY, NOT SMOOTH
- Geology, Physics
- 2016
The Kuiper Belt is a population of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. The complex orbital structure of the Kuiper Belt, including several categories of objects inside and outside of resonances…
Pluto near the edge of chaos
- Physics, GeologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- 2022
Significance The dwarf planet, Pluto, has stirred the imagination of the public and of planetary scientists due to its many unusual properties. Among these properties is its Neptune-crossing orbit…
Neptune's 5:2 Resonance in the Kuiper Belt
- Physics, GeologyThe Astronomical Journal
- 2018
Observations of Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) in Neptune’s 5:2 resonance present two puzzles: this third-order resonance hosts a surprisingly large population, comparable to the prominent populations of…
The contribution of plutinos to the Centaur population
- PhysicsProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
- 2009
Abstract We present a study of the dynamical evolution of plutinos recently escaped from the resonance through numerical simulations. It was shown in previous works the existence of weakly chaotic…
CHAOTIC DIFFUSION OF RESONANT KUIPER BELT OBJECTS
- Physics, Geology
- 2004
We carried out extensive numerical orbit integrations to probe the long-term chaotic dynamics of the two strongest mean-motion resonances of Neptune in the Kuiper Belt, the 3:2 (Plutinos) and 2:1…
The orbit evolution of 32 plutinos over 100 million year
- Physics, Geology
- 2001
The orbits of thirty two plutinos that are presently in the 3:2 mean motion resonance with Neptune have been integrated numerically and accurately to 10 8 years into the future. Fourteen of them are…
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 11 REFERENCES
The origin of Pluto's peculiar orbit
- Geology, PhysicsNature
- 1993
THE origin of Pluto's unusual orbitthe most eccentric and inclined of all the planetsremains a mystery. The orbits of Pluto and Neptune overlap, but close approaches of these two planets are…
The origin of Pluto's orbit: implications for the
- Geology, Physics
- 1994
The origin of the highly eccentric, inclined, and resonance-locked orbit of Pluto has long been a puzzle. A possible explanation has been proposed recently which suggests that these extraordinary…
The Phase Space Structure Near Neptune Resonances in the Kuiper Belt
- Physics, Geology
- 1995
The Solar system beyond Neptune is believed to house a population of small primordial bodies left over from the planet formation process. The region up to heliocentric distance -50 AU (a.k.a. the…
Chaotic Diffusion and the Origin of Comets from the 2/3 Resonance in the Kuiper Belt
- Physics, Geology
- 1997
Abstract The dynamical structure of the 2/3 resonance at small inclination is explored using numerical integrations of test particles to compute the evolution of proper elements with time. The basic…
The Pluto-Charon system
- Physics, Geology
- 1992
Over sixty years after its discovery, Pluto remains an astronomer's planet: Unlike the other planets it has not been visited by a spacecraft, and therefore remains studied only through astronomical…
Some dynamical aspects of the accretion of Uranus and Neptune: The exchange of orbital angular momentum with planetesimals
- Physics, Geology
- 1984
Separate Lightcurves of Pluto and Charon
- Geology, Physics
- 1994
We present new Hubble Space Telescope observations of the Pluto–Charon system taken with WFPC1 (PC6) between 1992 May 21 and 1993 August 18. Our observations consist of 52 images with the F555W…
COORBITAL DYNAMICS AT LARGE ECCENTRICITY AND INCLINATION
- Physics, Geology
- 1999
We show that coorbital dynamics at large eccentricity and inclination exhibit hitherto unknown types of stable motion in the gravitational three-body problem. In the solar system, the secular…
Protostars and Planets IV OBSERVATIONS AND THEORY OF STAR CLUSTER FORMATION
- Physics
Young stars form on a wide range of scales, producing aggregates and clusters with various degrees of gravitational self-binding. The loose aggregates have a hierarchical structure in both space and…