On a possible effect of spatial separation of clear and dark asteroids

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Dynamics and Physics of Solar System Bodies
1Kazantsev, AM
1Astronomical Observatory of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2007, 23(6):349-358
https://doi.org/10.3103/S0884591307060037
Language: Russian
Abstract: 

The albedo distributions for observed family asteroids and numerical calculations are indicative of the possibility of existence of some non-gravitational mechanism in the Solar system, which causes a spatial separation of clear and dark asteroids. The speed of the separation for main belt asteroids with sizes from 10 to 50 km may be about 1 AU per 108 years in order of magnitude. The physical mechanism of the effect needs a specialized research, that is planned for the future.
Keywords: albedo, asteroid

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