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地球交会作为双小行星(35107)1991VH混沌动力学成因

An Earth Encounter As the Cause of Chaotic Dynamics in Binary Asteroid (35107) 1991VH

Alex J Meyer, Oscar Fuentes-Muñoz, Ioannis Gkolias, Kleomenis Tsiganis, Petr Pravec, Shantanu Naidu, Daniel J Scheeres

AI总结:

本研究提出(35107)1991VH的混沌旋转源于过去与地球的近距离交会,通过自旋-轨道耦合演化而来,并据此约束其次级组件的潮汐耗散参数。

摘要:

在双小行星中,(35107)1991VH因其次级组件的旋转可能处于混沌状态而显得独特。这种激发动力学状态的来源尚不明确。在本工作中,我们证明了一次过去与地球的近距离交会可能提供了必要的扰动,使得以自旋-轨道耦合为特征的自然内部动力学能够将系统演化至其当前的动力学状态。在此假设下,1991VH的次级组件先前处于经典的1:1自旋-轨道共振状态,其轨道周期可能在28-35小时之间,之后被一次约在80,000公里内的地球交会所扰动。我们发现,如果次级组件内部的能量耗散相对低效,这种激发动力学状态可能持续至今,并产生观测到的地面测量结果。结合1991VH的轨道历史,我们进而可以对次级组件的潮汐耗散参数施加约束。

英文摘要:

Among binary asteroids, (35107) 1991VH stands out as unique given the likely chaotic rotation within its secondary component. The source of this excited dynamical state is unknown. In this work we demonstrate that a past close encounter with Earth could have provided the necessary perturbation to allow the natural internal dynamics, characterized by spin-orbit coupling, to evolve the system into its current dynamical state. In this hypothesis, the secondary of 1991VH was previously in a classical 1:1 spin-orbit resonance with an orbit period likely between 28-35 hours before being perturbed by an Earth encounter within $\sim80,000$ km. We find if the energy dissipation within the secondary is relatively inefficient, this excited dynamical state could persist to today and produce the observed ground-based measurements. Coupled with the orbital history of 1991VH, we can then place a constraint on the tidal dissipation parameters of the secondary.

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