%0 Generic %1 wood2015dynamics %A Wood, Jeremy %A Horner, Jonathan %D 2015 %K astronomy centaurs orbital_motion %R 10.48550/arXiv.1503.06096 %T The Dynamics of Centaurs in the Vicinity of the 2:1 Mean Motion Resonance of Neptune and Uranus Trojan Region %U https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.06096 %X In this work we present the results of a suite of dynamical simulations following the orbital evolution of 8,022 hypothetical Centaur objects. These Centaurs begin our integrations on orbits in the vicinity of the 2:1 mean motion resonance with Neptune, and we follow their dynamical evolution for a period of 3 Myr under the gravitational influence of a motionless Sun and the four Jovian planets. The great majority of the test particles studied rapidly escaped from the vicinity of the 2:1 mean motion resonance of Neptune and diffused throughout the Solar System. The average libration time of Centaurs in the vicinity of 2:1 mean motion resonance of Neptune was found to be just 27 kyr. Although two particles did remain near the resonance for more than 1 Myr. Upon leaving the vicinity of the 2:1 resonance, the majority of test particles evolved by a process of random walk in semi-major axis, due to repeated close encounters with the giant planets.

@misc{wood2015dynamics, abstract = {In this work we present the results of a suite of dynamical simulations following the orbital evolution of 8,022 hypothetical Centaur objects. These Centaurs begin our integrations on orbits in the vicinity of the 2:1 mean motion resonance with Neptune, and we follow their dynamical evolution for a period of 3 Myr under the gravitational influence of a motionless Sun and the four Jovian planets. The great majority of the test particles studied rapidly escaped from the vicinity of the 2:1 mean motion resonance of Neptune and diffused throughout the Solar System. The average libration time of Centaurs in the vicinity of 2:1 mean motion resonance of Neptune was found to be just 27 kyr. Although two particles did remain near the resonance for more than 1 Myr. Upon leaving the vicinity of the 2:1 resonance, the majority of test particles evolved by a process of random walk in semi-major axis, due to repeated close encounters with the giant planets. }, added-at = {2025-07-05T13:36:38.000+0200}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, author = {Wood, Jeremy and Horner, Jonathan}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28649b4498f9d32da18adacdf89dd18d9/archivum}, description = {[1503.06096] The Dynamics of Centaurs in the Vicinity of the 2:1 Mean Motion Resonance of Neptune and Uranus Trojan Region}, doi = {10.48550/arXiv.1503.06096}, eprint = {1503.06096}, interhash = {7e6095ac3470e8f403c2f05a68ef3d71}, intrahash = {8649b4498f9d32da18adacdf89dd18d9}, keywords = {astronomy centaurs orbital_motion}, primaryclass = {astro-ph.EP}, timestamp = {2025-07-05T13:36:38.000+0200}, title = {The Dynamics of Centaurs in the Vicinity of the 2:1 Mean Motion Resonance of Neptune and Uranus Trojan Region}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.06096}, year = 2015 }