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Yes, those gaps are caused by orbital resonance. Orbits whose periods are related to Jupiter's by ratios of small integers tend to be unstable over astronomical
by teraflop 5y ago
Yes, those gaps are caused by orbital resonance. Orbits whose periods are related to Jupiter's by ratios of small integers tend to be unstable over astronomical timescales.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood_gap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood_gap