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to determine which of these resonances produce gaps and which have led to a concentration in the population of asteroids.
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Orbital resonances occur when two orbiting bodies exert a regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually because their orbital periods (or orbital frequencies) are related by a ratio of small integers. In the context of asteroids, these Show more…
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