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三个新的稳定的L5火星木马

Three new stable L5 Mars Trojans

C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos

摘要:

火星被认为是特洛伊小天体的宿主,仅次于木星。自1990年以来,有五颗小行星-- 5261 Eureka、(101429)1998 VF 31、(121514)1999 UJ 7、2001 DH 47和(311999)2007 NS 2--被确认为火星特洛伊,一颗L4和四颗L5。动力学和光谱学证据表明,一些火星特洛伊人可能是在类地行星区域形成的原始星子种群的残余。在这里,我们重新审视了以前已知的火星特洛伊木马的长期动态演化,并表明2011 SC 191,2011 SL 25和2011 UN 63也是尾随(L5)火星特洛伊木马。它们看起来像尤利卡一样稳定,可能是超过太阳系时代的特洛伊人。事实上,五个特洛伊人在类似的轨道上移动,其中一个是双星,这可能表明在太阳系历史的早期,一个更大的天体被破坏了。这种灾难性事件也可以解释L4和L5区域之间物体数量(1对7)明显不对称的现象。未来的光谱观测应该能够拒绝或确认一个假定的共同化学签名,可能会提供进一步的支持碰撞的情况。

英文摘要:

Mars was second to Jupiter in being recognized as the host of a population of Trojan minor bodies. Since 1990, five asteroids - 5261 Eureka, (101429) 1998 VF31, (121514) 1999 UJ7, 2001 DH47 and (311999) 2007 NS2 - have been identified as Mars Trojans, one L4 and four L5. Dynamical and spectroscopic evidence suggests that some Mars Trojans may be remnants of the original planetesimal population that formed in the terrestrial planets region. Here we revisit the long-term dynamical evolution of the previously known Mars Trojans and show that 2011 SC191, 2011 SL25 and 2011 UN63 are also trailing (L5) Mars Trojans. They appear to be as stable as Eureka and may have been Trojans over the age of the Solar system. The fact that five Trojans move in similar orbits and one of them is a binary may point to the disruption of a larger body early in the history of the Solar system. Such a catastrophic event may also explain the apparently strong asymmetry in terms of number of objects (one versus seven) between the L4 and L5 regions. Future spectroscopic observations should be able to reject or confirm a putative common chemical signature that may lend further support to collisional scenario.

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