Latitudinal variations of charged dust in co-orbital resonance with Jupiter

Author(s)
Stefanie Reiter, Christoph Lhotka
Abstract

The interplanetary magnetic field may cause large amplitude changes in the orbital inclinations of charged dust particles. In order to study this effect in the case of dust grains moving in 1:1 mean motion resonance with planet Jupiter, a simplified semi-analytical model is developed to reduce the full dynamics of the system to the terms containing the information of the secular evolution dominated by the Lorentz force. It was found that while the planet causes variations in all orbital elements, the influence of the magnetic field most heavily impacts the long-term evolution of the inclination and the longitude of the ascending node. The simplified secular-resonant model recreates the oscillations in these parameters very well in comparison to the full solution, despite neglecting the influence of the magnetic field on the other orbital parameters.

Organisation(s)
Department of Astrophysics
Volume
15
Pages
102-107
No. of pages
6
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921322000758
Publication date
10-2021
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/7d8eb312-114c-45bf-930c-8f58599a4056