[meteorite-list] NEO orbits

From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:13:42 -0800
Message-ID: <7C640E28081AEE4B952F008D1E913F170712CA91_at_0461-its-exmb04.us.saic.com>

Hi Graham,

Keep in mind that asteroid orbits are dynamic, and that most of
the Apollos, Amors and Atens of today once had their aphelia
between Mars and Jupiter. Planetary perturbations and resonances
over the millenia caused those orbits to evolve into earth-crossing
(or in the case of Amors, earth-approaching) orbits.

--Rob

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But the diagram does not show the Aten group's orbit intersecting the
asteroid belt?.....

Graham
Received on Mon 25 Feb 2013 02:13:42 PM PST