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Application of the Brown-Shook model to the Kirkwood gaps and resonant asteroids

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The mathematical model developed by Brown and Shook is used to explain the absence of asteroids in the Kirkwood gaps as well as the existence of some resonant asteroids with orbital periods commensurable to that of Jupiter. In addition, this model can possibly explain the biased number distributions at the commensurable positions of both resonant gaps and clusters. However, this resonant model is probably not applicable to the Saturnian ring system due to the possible cosmogonic plasma process during its formation.

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  1. Dept. of Applied Physics and Information Science, University of California, San Diego, 92037, La Jolla, Calif., U.S.A.

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Ip, W.H. Application of the Brown-Shook model to the Kirkwood gaps and resonant asteroids. Celestial Mechanics 9, 73–79 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01236165

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