Long-Term Evolution of Neptune Trojans

TELLO, E.; DI SISTO; BRUNINI, A.

REVISTA MEXICANA DE ASTRONOMíA Y ASTROFíSICA

UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO

Lugar: México; Año: 2015 vol. 46 p. 95 - 96

0185-1101

Neptune Trojans are objects that share the orbit with the planet Neptuneand are in a neighborhood of the Lagrangian points L4 and L5 located60({°) } "front" and 60({°) } "behind" the planet in itsorbit. So far, there have been nine Neptune Trojans discovered. Howeverstability studies indicate that this population should be large. In thiswork we report the results of numerical simulations of the evolution offictitious Neptune Trojans, to detect stability and instability areasand also to study the escape of Trojans over the age of the SolarSystem.