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Detached objects have perihelia much larger than Neptune's aphelion. They often have highly [[ellipse|elliptical]], very large orbits with [[semi-major axis|semi-major axes]] of up to a few hundred [[astronomical unit]]s (AU, the radius of Earth's orbit). Such orbits cannot have been created by gravitational [[Perturbation (astronomy)|scattering]] by the [[gas giants]] (in particular, Neptune). Instead, a number of explanations have been put forward, including an encounter with a passing star<ref name=Morbidelli2004>{{cite journal|journal=The Astronomical Journal|issue=5|volume=128 |pages=2564–2576|date=November 2004|title=Scenarios for the Origin of the Orbits of the Trans-Neptunian Objects {{mp|2000 CR|105}} and {{mp|2003 VB|12}}|first=Alessandro|last=Morbidelli|url= http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1538-3881/128/5/2564/|doi=10.1086/424617 |accessdate=2008-07-02|last2=Levison|first2=Harold F. |bibcode=2004AJ....128.2564M|arxiv = astro-ph/0403358 }}</ref> or a distant planet-sized object.<ref name="Gomez 2006"/> The classification suggested by the [[Deep Ecliptic Survey]] team introduces a formal distinction between ''scattered-near'' objects (which could be scattered by Neptune) and ''scattered-extended'' objects (e.g. [[90377 Sedna]]) using a [[Tisserand's parameter]] value of 3.<ref name="DES_Elliot2006" /> |
Detached objects have perihelia much larger than Neptune's aphelion. They often have highly [[ellipse|elliptical]], very large orbits with [[semi-major axis|semi-major axes]] of up to a few hundred [[astronomical unit]]s (AU, the radius of Earth's orbit). Such orbits cannot have been created by gravitational [[Perturbation (astronomy)|scattering]] by the [[gas giants]] (in particular, Neptune). Instead, a number of explanations have been put forward, including an encounter with a passing star<ref name=Morbidelli2004>{{cite journal|journal=The Astronomical Journal|issue=5|volume=128 |pages=2564–2576|date=November 2004|title=Scenarios for the Origin of the Orbits of the Trans-Neptunian Objects {{mp|2000 CR|105}} and {{mp|2003 VB|12}}|first=Alessandro|last=Morbidelli|url= http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1538-3881/128/5/2564/|doi=10.1086/424617 |accessdate=2008-07-02|last2=Levison|first2=Harold F. |bibcode=2004AJ....128.2564M|arxiv = astro-ph/0403358 }}</ref> or a distant planet-sized object.<ref name="Gomez 2006"/> The classification suggested by the [[Deep Ecliptic Survey]] team introduces a formal distinction between ''scattered-near'' objects (which could be scattered by Neptune) and ''scattered-extended'' objects (e.g. [[90377 Sedna]]) using a [[Tisserand's parameter]] value of 3.<ref name="DES_Elliot2006" /> |
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The [[Planet Nine]] hypothesis suggests that the orbits of several detached objects can most easily be explained by the gravitational influence of a large, unobserved planet between 200 AU and 1200 AU from the sun. |
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== Classification == |
== Classification == |
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Detached objects are a dynamical class of minor planets in the outer reaches of the Solar System and belong to the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). These objects have orbits whose points of closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) are sufficiently distant from the gravitational influence of Neptune that they are only moderately affected by Neptune and the other planets: this makes them appear to be "detached" from the Solar System.[1][2]
In this way, detached objects differ substantially from most other known TNOs, which form a loosely defined set of populations that have been perturbed to varying degrees onto their current orbit by gravitational encounters with the giant planets, predominantly Neptune. Detached objects have larger perihelia than these other TNO populations, including the objects in orbital resonance with Neptune, such as Pluto, the classical Kuiper belt objects in non-resonant orbits such as Makemake, and the scattered disk objects like Eris.
Detached objects have also been referred to in the scientific literature as extended scattered disc objects (E-SDO),[3] distant detached objects (DDO),[4] or scattered–extended, as in the formal classification by the Deep Ecliptic Survey.[5] This reflects the dynamical gradation that can exist between the orbital parameters of the scattered disk and the detached population.
At least nine such bodies have been securely identified,[6] of which the largest, most distant, and best known is Sedna. Those with perihelia greater than 75 AU are termed sednoids. As of 2016, there are two known sednoids, Sedna and 2012 VP113.
Orbits
Detached objects have perihelia much larger than Neptune's aphelion. They often have highly elliptical, very large orbits with semi-major axes of up to a few hundred astronomical units (AU, the radius of Earth's orbit). Such orbits cannot have been created by gravitational scattering by the gas giants (in particular, Neptune). Instead, a number of explanations have been put forward, including an encounter with a passing star[7] or a distant planet-sized object.[4] The classification suggested by the Deep Ecliptic Survey team introduces a formal distinction between scattered-near objects (which could be scattered by Neptune) and scattered-extended objects (e.g. 90377 Sedna) using a Tisserand's parameter value of 3.[5]
The Planet Nine hypothesis suggests that the orbits of several detached objects can most easily be explained by the gravitational influence of a large, unobserved planet between 200 AU and 1200 AU from the sun. [8]
Classification
Detached objects are one of five distinct dynamical classes of TNO; the other four classes are classical Kuiper-belt objects, resonant objects, scattered-disc objects (SDO), and sednoids. Detached objects generally have a perihelion distance greater than 40 AU, deterring strong interactions with Neptune, which has an approximately circular orbit about 30 AU from the Sun. However, there are no clear boundaries between the scattered and detached regions, since both can coexist as TNOs in an intermediate region with perihelion distance between 37 and 40 AU.[6] One such intermediate body with a well determined orbit is (120132) 2003 FY128.
The discovery of 90377 Sedna together with a few other objects such as 2000 CR105 and 2004 XR190 (also known as "Buffy") has motivated discussion of a category of distant objects that may also be inner Oort cloud objects or (more likely) transitional objects between the scattered disc and the inner Oort cloud.[2]
Although Sedna is officially considered a scattered-disc object by the MPC, its discoverer Michael E. Brown has suggested that because its perihelion distance of 76 AU is too distant to be affected by the gravitational attraction of the outer planets it should be considered an inner-Oort-cloud object rather than a member of the scattered disc.[9] This classification of Sedna as a detached object is accepted in recent publications.[10]
This line of thinking suggests that the lack of a significant gravitational interaction with the outer planets creates an extended–outer group starting somewhere between Sedna (perihelion 76 AU) and more conventional SDOs like Vorlage:Mpl- (perihelion 35 AU), which is listed as a scattered–near object by the Deep Ecliptic Survey.[11]
One of the problems with defining this extended category is that weak resonances may exist and would be difficult to prove due to chaotic planetary perturbations and the current lack of knowledge of the orbits of these distant objects. They have orbital periods of more than 300 years and most have only been observed over a short observation arc of a couple years. Due to their great distance and slow movement against background stars, it may be decades before most of these distant orbits are determined well enough to confidently confirm or rule out a resonance. Further improvement in the orbit and potential resonance of these objects will help to understand the migration of the giant planets and the formation of the Solar System. For example, simulations by Emel’yanenko and Kiseleva in 2007 show that many distant objects could be in resonance with Neptune. They show a 10% likelihood that 2000 CR105 is in a 20:1 resonance, a 38% likelihood that 2003 QK91 is in a 10:3 resonance, and an 84% likelihood that Vorlage:Mp is in an 8:3 resonance.[12] The likely dwarf planet (145480) 2005 TB190 appears to have less than a 1% likelihood of being in a 4:1 resonance.[12]
Possible detached objects
This is a list of known objects by decreasing perihelion, that could not be easily scattered by Neptune's current orbit and therefore are likely to be detached objects, but that lie inside the perihelion gap of ≈50–75 AU that defines the sednoids:
| Designation number[lower-alpha 1] |
Name | Diameter (km) |
H | Perihelion (AU) |
Semi-major axis (AU) |
Aphelion (AU) |
Argument of perihelion (°) | Discovery Year |
Discoverer | Method[lower-alpha 2] | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48639 | Vorlage:Mpl- | ≈ 350 | 5.2 | 40.0 | 52.5 | 64.5 | 1995 | A. Gleason | assumed | ||
| 148209 | Vorlage:Mpl- | ≈ 250 | 6.1 | 44.0 | 224 | 403 | 316.5 | 2000 | Lowell Observatory | assumed | [13] |
| 2004 XR190 | 335–850 | 4.4 | 51.49 ± 0.10 | 57.74 ± 0.02 | 64.00 ± 0.02 | 2004 | Lynne Jones et al. | assumed | [13][14] | ||
| 2004 VN112 | 130–300 | 6.4 | Vorlage:Val | Vorlage:Val | Vorlage:Val | Vorlage:Val | 2004 | CTIO | assumed | [15][16][17] | |
| 145480 | Vorlage:Mpl- | ≈ 500 | 4.7 | 46.2 | 76.4 | 106.5 | 2005 | Becker, A. C. et al. | assumed | ||
| 2010 GB174 | 242 | 48.5 | 361 | 673 | 347.3 | 2010 | Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope | [18] |
See also
Notes
References
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- ↑ P. S. Lykawka; T. Mukai: An Outer Planet Beyond Pluto and the Origin of the Trans-Neptunian Belt Architecture. In: Astronomical Journal. 135. Jahrgang, 2008, S. 1161, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/4/1161, arxiv:0712.2198, bibcode:2008AJ....135.1161L.
- ↑ a b D.Jewitt, A.Delsanti The Solar System Beyond The Planets in Solar System Update : Topical and Timely Reviews in Solar System Sciences , Springer-Praxis Ed., ISBN 3-540-26056-0 (2006) Preprint of the article (pdf)
- ↑ Evidence for an Extended Scattered Disk?
- ↑ a b Rodney S. Gomes, J Matese, J Lissauer: A distant planetary-mass solar companion may have produced distant detached objects. In: Icarus. 184. Jahrgang, Nr. 2. Elsevier, 2006, S. 589–601, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.026, bibcode:2006Icar..184..589G.
- ↑ a b J. L. Elliot, S. D. Kern, K. B. Clancy, A. A. S. Gulbis, R. L. Millis, M. W. Buie, L. H. Wasserman, E. I. Chiang, A. B. Jordan, D. E. Trilling, and K. J. Meech: The Deep Ecliptic Survey: A Search for Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs. II. Dynamical Classification, the Kuiper Belt Plane, and the Core Population. In: The Astronomical Journal. 129. Jahrgang, 2006, S. 1117, doi:10.1086/427395, bibcode:2005AJ....129.1117E (mit.edu [PDF]).
- ↑ a b Lykawka, Patryk Sofia & Mukai, Tadashi: Dynamical classification of trans-neptunian objects: Probing their origin, evolution, and interrelation. In: Icarus. 189. Jahrgang, Nr. 1, Juli 2007, S. 213–232, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.01.001, bibcode:2007Icar..189..213L.
- ↑ Alessandro Morbidelli, Harold F. Levison: Scenarios for the Origin of the Orbits of the Trans-Neptunian Objects Vorlage:Mp and Vorlage:Mp. In: The Astronomical Journal. 128. Jahrgang, Nr. 5, November 2004, S. 2564–2576, doi:10.1086/424617, arxiv:astro-ph/0403358, bibcode:2004AJ....128.2564M (iop.org [abgerufen am 2. Juli 2008]).
- ↑ Konstantin Batygin, Michael E. Brown: Evidence for a distant giant planet in the Solar system. In: The Astronomical Journal. 151. Jahrgang, Nr. 2, 20. Januar 2016, doi:10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/22 (iop.org).
- ↑ Michael E. Brown: Sedna (The coldest most distant place known in the solar system; possibly the first object in the long-hypothesized Oort cloud). California Institute of Technology, Department of Geological Sciences, abgerufen am 2. Juli 2008.
- ↑ D.Jewitt, A. Moro-Martın, P.Lacerda The Kuiper Belt and Other Debris Disks to appear in Astrophysics in the Next Decade, Springer Verlag (2009). Preprint of the article (pdf)
- ↑ Marc W. Buie: Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 15874. SwRI (Space Science Department), 28. Dezember 2007, abgerufen am 12. November 2011.
- ↑ a b V. V Emel’yanenko: Resonant motion of trans-Neptunian objects in high-eccentricity orbits. In: Astronomy Letters. 34. Jahrgang, 2008, S. 271–279, doi:10.1134/S1063773708040075, bibcode:2008AstL...34..271E.(subscription required)
- ↑ a b E. L. Schaller and M. E. Brown: Volatile loss and retention on Kuiper belt objects. In: Astrophysical Journal. 659. Jahrgang, 2007, S. I.61–I.64, doi:10.1086/516709, bibcode:2007ApJ...659L..61S (caltech.edu [PDF; abgerufen am 2. April 2008]).
- ↑ R. L. Allen, B. Gladman: Discovery of a low-eccentricity, high-inclination Kuiper Belt object at 58 AU. In: The Astrophysical Journal. 640. Jahrgang, 2006, doi:10.1086/503098, arxiv:astro-ph/0512430, bibcode:2006ApJ...640L..83A.
- ↑ Marc W. Buie: Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 04VN112. SwRI (Space Science Department), 8. November 2007, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2008.
- ↑ JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2004 VN112). Abgerufen am 24. Februar 2015.
- ↑ List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects. Abgerufen am 5. Juli 2011: „Discoverer: CTIO“
- ↑ Michael E. Brown: How many dwarf planets are there in the outer solar system? (updates daily). California Institute of Technology, 10. September 2013, abgerufen am 27. Mai 2013: „Diameter: 242km“
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