柯伊伯带小行星平运动共振研究
THE MEAN MOTION RESONANCE OF THE KUIPER BELT OBJECTS
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摘要: 研究柯伊伯带小行星对理解太阳系的起源和演化有着重要的意义。由于距离海王星较近,柯伊伯带小行星受其影响较大。这其中,又以共振小行星和离散小行星两族受影响最为明显。本文主要讨论了这两族小行星与海王星的共振现象。共振小行星处在共振轨道中,可以避免与海王星的近距离接触,轨道相对稳定,可以长时间保持。离散小行星的演化过程是共振黏滞与引力离散共同作用的结果。本文除了综述共振小行星和离散小行星的研究进展,还进一步分析了相应共振比下共振在大偏心率时的宽度,解释了离散小行星在离散盘大量分布的原因。Abstract: The movements of the asteroids in the Kuiper belt are important for us to understand the origin and the evolution of the solar system. Since the Kuiper belt objects (KBO) are a short distance to the Neptune of a great mass, the KBOs are significantly perturbed by Neptune's gravity. In this paper, we focus on two main families: the resonant and the scattered KBOs. The mean motion resonance can prevent the resonant KBOs from a close encounter with the Neptune. Thus most resonant KBOs are stable on their orbits. Here we mainly investigate the resonance width and strength of different resonant ratios with a high eccentricity. As for the scattered KBOs, their evolution is affected jointly by the resonance sticking and the resonance scattering. Here we are mainly concerned with the problem why there are a high number of KBOs in the scattered disc.