Comparison of the orbital evolution of near-Earth asteroids 52768 (1998 OR2) and 159402 (1999 AP10)
Abstract
The orbital evolution of asteroids 52768 and 159402 is compared. These objects have very similar dynamical behavior in the past. With a high probability, both asteroids approached the Sun at a distance of less than 0.1 au. Analysis of approaches to the Sun, performed for virtual particles from the confidence regions of the orbits, confirms the possibility of a common origin of asteroids 52768 and 159402 as a result of the original object breakup near the Sun.
- Publication:
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INASAN Science Reports
- Pub Date:
- December 2023
- DOI:
- 10.51194/INASAN.2023.8.6.010
- Bibcode:
- 2023INASR...8..306E
- Keywords:
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- asteroid;
- evolution of orbits