Backward simulation (up to about 300K years ago)
313P/Gibbs and 2016 JM83 have a very similar orbit, they never came very near each other, the two orbits are stable:
Backward simulation (up to about 300K years ago)
313P/Gibbs and 2016 JM83 have a very similar orbit, they never came very near each other, the two orbits are stable:
Is this a quasi-Hilda object?
Clone Generation
100 clones were generated in order to have the same orbital paameters and uncertainty as the nominal asteroid
Clones | Target | ||||
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mean | sd | mean | sd | ||
q | 3.61245270083945 | 3.39064109921033e-07 | 3.61245264912673 | 3.4136e-07 | |
e | 0.129667339794439 | 8.11352970562344e-08 | 0.12966735411561 | 8.0309e-08 | |
i | 8.9645643748396 | 9.73657795759391e-06 | 8.96456457281582 | 9.6087e-06 | |
peri | 344.487704195712 | 4.69757841212335e-05 | 344.487707120445 | 4.6654e-05 | |
node | 359.469501444993 | 3.82226393976073e-05 | 359.469498781976 | 3.8729e-05 | |
tp | 2461090.03289397 | 0.000262107424207425 | 2461090.03290289 | 0.00026503 |
Backward Simulation
This was performed using Mercury Integrator Package Version 6 - Bulirsch-Stoer N-body algorithm - 10^8 days in the past - output every 100 days
66% of the clones entered the solar system from a distance greater than 100 AU (i.e. from the point of view of the backward simulation they were "ejected")
Backward simulation based on nominal orbital parameters (Mercury6 simulator, BS integrator, output every 100 days):
Peter VanWylen noticed that these two asteroids stay very close to each other in the sky for many decades. He wondered whether they have a common (recent) origin or it is a coincidence.
I run a Mercury6 simulation (output every 1 days) based on nominal parameters, while this is not a proof I think that the idea of a common origin should not be disregarded.