Regular and Chaotic Dynamics in the Mean-Motion Resonances: Implications for the Structure and Evolution of the Asteroid Belt
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This chapter summarizes the achievements over the last decade in understanding the effect of mean-motion resonances on asteroid orbits. The developments from the beginning of the 1990s are many. They range from a complete theoretical description of the secular dynamics in the mean-motion resonances associated with the Kirkwood gaps to the discovery of the threebody resonances and slow chaotic phenomena acting throughout the asteroid belt. Consequences arising from these results have required remodeling the process of asteroid delivery to the Earthcrossing orbits.
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