Minimum perihelion distances and associated dwell times for near-Earth asteroids
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1934
Abstract: The observed near-Earth asteroid (NEA) population contains very few objects with small perihelion distances, say, $q \lesssim 0.2\, \mathrm{au}$. NEAs that currently have orbits with larger q might be hiding a past evolution during which… read more here.
Keywords: perihelion distances; dwell times; time; meteorite falls ... See more keywords