A New Dynamical Classification of Asteroids
Florian Freistetter
04.09.2000 - 15.05.2004
Abstract
This work investigates the problem of NEA (Near Earth Asteroids) dynamics. Due to their many close encounters with the inner planets, their motion is highly chaotic - which leads to problems when one wants to calculate their orbits for long time scales. As of the restrictions of the existing classifications (which can be applied only on short or mid term scales), also a statistical treatment of NEAs leads to ambigious results. We introduce a new classification scheme, based on Fuzzy Logic. With this method, it is possible to derive quantitative and qualitativ results on the dynamics of NEAs even for very long time scales.
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