Kirkwood gap
A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of the semi-major axes (or equivalently of the orbital periods ) of the orbits of main-belt asteroids . They correspond to the locations of orbital resonances with Jupiter .
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A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of the semi-major axes (or equivalently of the orbital periods ) of the orbits of main-belt asteroids . They correspond to the locations of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of the semi-major axes (or equivalently of the orbital periods ) of the orbits of main-belt asteroids . They correspond to the locations of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2016 |
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A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of the semi-major axes (or equivalently of the orbital periods ) of the orbits of main-belt asteroids . They correspond to the locations of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2015 |
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A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of the semi-major axes (or equivalently of the orbital periods ) of the orbits of main-belt asteroids . They correspond to the locations of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2014 |
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A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of main-belt asteroids by semi-major axis (or equivalently by orbital period ). They correspond to the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2013 |
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A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of main-belt asteroids by semi-major axis (or equivalently by orbital period ). They correspond to the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2012 |
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A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of main-belt asteroids with semi-major axis (or equivalently their orbital period ). They correspond to the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2011 |
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A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of main-belt asteroids with semi-major axis (or equivalently their orbital period ), as seen in the histogram below . They correspond to the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2010 |
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A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of main belt asteroids with semi-major axis (or equivalently their orbital period ), as seen in the histogram below . They correspond to the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2009 |
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Kirkwood gaps are gaps or dips in the distribution of main belt asteroids with semi-major axis (or equivalently their orbital period ), as seen in the histogram below . They correspond to the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2008 |
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Kirkwood gaps are gaps or dips in the distribution of main belt asteroids with semi-major axis (or equivalently their orbital period ), as seen in the histogram below . They correspond to the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2007 |
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Kirkwood gaps are gaps or dips in the distribution of main belt asteroids with semi-major axis (or equivalently their orbital period ), as seen in the histogram below . They correspond to the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2006 |
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Kirkwood gaps are gaps or dips in the distribution of main belt asteroids with semi-major axis (or equivalently their orbital period ), as seen in the histogram below . They correspond to the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2005 |
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Kirkwood gaps are gaps or dips in the distribution of main belt asteroids with semi-major axis (or equivalently their orbital period ), as seen in the histogram below . They correspond to the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter . |
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| 2004 |
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Kirkwood gaps are gaps that appear in a graph if we classify the asteroids according to their periods , which is proportional to their mean radius from the Sun. The resulting histogram shows clearly that the distribution is not random, but saw-toothed. |
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| 2002 |
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If we classify the asteroids according to their periods, the resulting histogram shows clearly that the distribution is not random, but saw-toothed. |