A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of the semi-major axes (or equivalently of the orbital periods) of the orbits of main-belt asteroids...

forms an orbital resonance with Jupiter. At these orbital distances, a Kirkwood gap occurs as they are swept into other orbits. In 1596, Johannes Kepler...

Kirkwood may refer to: Kirkwood Islands, string of islands near Antarctica Kirkwood Range, massive coastal mountain chain in Antarctica Mount Kirkwood...

several gaps, now named Kirkwood gaps in his honor, and associated these gaps with orbital resonances with the orbit of Jupiter. Further, Kirkwood also suggested...

inclinations but with a semi-major axis lying between about 2.18 AU and the 3:1 Kirkwood gap at 2.50 AU. This suggests that they originated as fragments of Vesta's...

existence of an exomoon (or exoplanet) with mass up to 0.8 Earth masses. Kirkwood gap Subsatellite (a moon of a moon) Goldreich, Peter; Tremaine, Scott (1979)...

to observe, or removed from the asteroid belt by approaching the 3:1 Kirkwood gap, by the Yarkovsky effect, or (in the case of small fragments) by radiation...

Ceres Vesta Pallas Hygiea active first 1000 families PHA exceptional Kirkwood gap Centaurs Neptune trojans Trans-Neptunian objects Kuiper belt Cubewanos...

resonance with Jupiter of 9:2, and with Mars of 2:3 The 4:1 resonance Kirkwood gap (at 2.06 AU) marks the outer boundary of the Hungaria family, while interactions...

Earth years, specifically in the inner asteroid belt, interior to the Kirkwood gap at 2.50 AU. Its orbit is moderately inclined (i = 7.1°, compared to 7°...

0.067. The semimajor axis of 2.47 AU is slightly inward from the 3:1 Kirkwood Gap. Its orbital plane is inclined by 4° to the plane of the ecliptic. On...

It can be further subdivided by the Kirkwood Gaps into the: Inner asteroid belt, inside of the strong Kirkwood gap at 2.50 AU due to the 3:1 Jupiter orbital...

groups Asteroids Ceres ⚳ Pallas ⚴ Juno ⚵ Vesta ⚶ Hygiea Active asteroids Kirkwood gaps Outer Solar System Outer planets Jupiter ♃ Moons of Jupiter Io Europa...

Ceres Vesta Pallas Hygiea active first 1000 families PHA exceptional Kirkwood gap Centaurs Neptune trojans Trans-Neptunian objects Kuiper belt Cubewanos...

Manifold: Origin, and Phase Space. Alien activity is discovered in a Kirkwood gap; the aliens are identified as self-replicating machines (von Neumann...

planets of intermediate size are typical—both rocky and gas—so there is no "gap" as seen between the size of Earth and of Neptune (with a radius 3.8 times...

Ceres Vesta Pallas Hygiea active first 1000 families PHA exceptional Kirkwood gap Centaurs Neptune trojans Trans-Neptunian objects Kuiper belt Cubewanos...

semi-major axis of the orbit of 401 Ottilia lies just outside the 2/1 Kirkwood gap, located at 3.27 AU. 401 Ottilia is part of the Cybele asteroid group...

asteroids. Some of the more far-flung asteroid debris ended up in the 3:1 Kirkwood gap. This is an unstable region due to strong perturbations by Jupiter, and...

the Hungaria asteroids, which orbit the Sun on the inside of the 1:4 Kirkwood gap, standing out of the core of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by...

astronomer Daniel Kirkwood (1814–1895), long-time professor of mathematics at Indiana University. He discovered the Kirkwood gaps, which are gaps in the distribution...

demonstrated for the first time the theoretical reason for the clearing of the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt. His work has also brought to light the chaotic...

C-type asteroids that are dominant in the outer asteroid belt, beyond the Kirkwood gap at 2.82 AU. Its mean diameter 433±8 km. Hygiea is close to spherical...

Hecuba-gap asteroid is a member of a dynamical group of resonant asteroids located in the Hecuba gap at 3.27 AU – one of the largest Kirkwood gaps in the...

to the discovery of two new families of asteroids inward from the 4:1 Kirkwood gap which forms the boundary of the main belt.[citation needed] Photometric...

The inner asteroid belt (defined as the region interior to the 3:1 Kirkwood gap at 2.50 AU) has few large asteroids. Of those in the above list, only...

The Kirkwood Range (76°27′S 162°0′E / 76.450°S 162.000°E / -76.450; 162.000 (Kirkwood Range)) is a massive coastal mountain range in Antarctica, extending...

University who discovered the divisions of the asteroid belt known as the Kirkwood Gaps. Built in 1900 and dedicated on May 15, 1901, the observatory was thoroughly...

rule observed a gap between Mars and Jupiter void of any known planet. In 1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres, a body that filled the gap and was regarded...

closer to Jupiter's orbital plane than the Sun's equatorial plane. The Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt are mostly caused by Jupiter, and the planet may...