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Title:
Understanding the Distribution of Near-Earth Asteroids
Authors:
Bottke, William F.; Jedicke, Robert; Morbidelli, Alessandro; Petit, Jean-Marc; Gladman, Brett
Affiliation:
AA(Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801, USA), AB(Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA), AC(Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Boite Postale 4229, 06034 Nice Cedex 4, France), AD(Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Boite Postale 4229, 06034 Nice Cedex 4, France), AE(Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Boite Postale 4229, 06034 Nice Cedex 4, France)
Publication:
Science, Volume 288, Issue 5474, pp. 2190-2194 (2000). (Sci Homepage)
Publication Date:
06/2000
Category:
PLANET SCI
Origin:
SCIENCE
DOI:
10.1126/science.288.5474.2190
Bibliographic Code:
2000Sci...288.2190B

Abstract

We have deduced the orbital and size distributions of the near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) by (i) numerically integrating NEAs from their source regions to their observed orbits, (ii) estimating the observational biases and size distribution associated with asteroids on those orbits, and (iii) creating a model population that can be fit to the known NEAs. We predict that there are ~900 NEAs with absolute magnitude less than 18 (that is, kilometer-sized), of which 29, 65, and 6% reside on Amor, Apollo, and Aten orbits, respectively. These results suggest that roughly 40% of the kilometer-sized NEAs have been found. The remainder, on highly eccentric and inclined orbits, are more difficult to detect.
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