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arXiv 2004.10510astro-ph.EPastro-ph.GA
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高倾角半人马座的星际起源

An interstellar origin for high-inclination Centaurs

Fathi Namouni, Helena Morais

摘要:

我们研究了真正的高倾角半人马座和海王星外天体的可能起源,使用高分辨率的稳定轨道的统计搜索,模拟他们的演变回到时代时,行星形成结束45亿年的过去。模拟是一种精确的轨道确定方法,不涉及特设的初始条件或假设,如在星子盘弛豫模型中发现的那些,他们的结论取决于。因此,它可以通过检查特定真实物体的过去轨道来独立地测试基于弛豫模型的起源理论。在这里,我们检查了17个多冲高倾角半人马座和两个极地trans-neptunian对象2008 KV 42和(471325)2011 KT 19。统计分布表明,它们过去的轨道接近极地4.5 Gyr,并且位于分散盘和内部奥尔特云区域。早期的极倾角不能用目前的太阳系形成理论来解释,因为早期的微行星系统必须是几乎平坦的,才能解释低倾角的小行星和柯伊伯带。此外,早期的分散盘和内部奥尔特云区域被认为缺乏太阳系的物质,因为微行星盘不可能延伸到海王星目前的轨道之外,以阻止行星的向外迁移。因此,过去高倾角半人马座4.5 Gyr的近极轨道表明它们可能是早期从星际介质捕获的。

英文摘要:

We investigate the possible origins of real high-inclination Centaurs and trans-neptunian objects using a high-resolution statistical search for stable orbits that simulates their evolution back in time to the epoch when planet formation ended 4.5 billion years in the past. The simulation is a precise orbit determination method that does not involve ad hoc initial conditions or assumptions such as those found in planetesimal disk relaxation models upon which their conclusions depend. It can therefore be used to independently test origin theories based on relaxation models by examining the past orbits of specific real objects. Here, we examined 17 multiple-opposition high-inclination Centaurs and the two polar trans-neptunian objects 2008 KV42 and (471325) 2011 KT19. The statistical distributions show that their orbits were nearly polar 4.5 Gyr in the past, and were located in the scattered disk and inner Oort cloud regions. Early polar inclinations cannot be accounted for by current Solar system formation theory as the early planetesimal system must have been nearly flat in order to explain the low-inclination asteroid and Kuiper belts. Furthermore, the early scattered disk and inner Oort cloud regions are believed to have been devoid of Solar system material as the planetesimal disk could not have extended far beyond Neptune's current orbit in order to halt the planet's outward migration. The nearly polar orbits of high-inclination Centaurs 4.5 Gyr in the past therefore indicate their probable early capture from the interstellar medium.

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