Catalogue of the Solar System Small Bodies Orbital Evolution
Catalogue of the Solar System Small Bodies Orbital Evolution

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Project news

08/18/2010
Asteroids catalogue update. 159 new objects added. Information about existing objects updated. Number of approaches to inner planets increased by 24. Number of approaches to the Earth increased by 20.
06/15/2010
Asteroids catalogue update. 299 new objects added. Information about existing objects updated. Number of approaches to inner planets increased by 58. Number of approaches to the Earth increased by 55.
04/05/2010
Date input interface was improved at the page of orbital elements calculation of the selected asteroid or the comet.
04/03/2010
The page for orbital elements calculation of the selected asteroid or the comet at any date and time between 1800 and 2206 was added.
03/17/2010
Date format was fixed in the English version of the website.
03/04/2010
The page for viewing project news was added.
03/04/2010
Asteroids group selection feature added on page of catalogue update history. Now it is also has the information about number of approaching asteroids.
02/26/2010
Page for viewing histogram added. It shows the distribution of asteroids and comets based on selected parameter.
02/26/2010
Added histogram of asteroid catalogue update.
02/17/2010
Page for viewing two-dimensional diagrams added. It shows the distribution of asteroids and comets based on two selected parameters.
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Project Information

The space of the Solar system, besides the Sun, major planets and their satellites, is occupied by various bodies including both the smallest particles with a size equal to micron and multikilometer big asteroids and comets. Asteroids of Apollo, Amor and Aten groups are considered to be the most important in asteroids motion research because their orbits come into contact with the Earth's orbit or cross it and, in case of close approaches to the Earth, there is a danger of collision. Studying of short-period comets motion is also of great importance.

Nowadays hundreds of new asteroids of Apollo, Amor and Aten groups and some of short-period comets are annually discovered. Some of the discovered objects can closely approach the major planets of the Solar system, including the Earth. Information about already discovered objects is constantly updated.

Cataloguing of small bodies of the Solar system is the important stage in «asteroid risk» problem solution. Catalogues of asteroids and comets contain valuable information on distribution of small bodies in the Solar system and their orbits elements evolution.

The website contains the catalogue of orbital evolution of small bodies of the Solar system. It contains information about asteroids of Apollo, Amor, Aten groups1 and short-period comets2, about their orbital evolution and close approaches to major planets. This information can be helpful for motion studying of the potentially dangerous objects and allows to estimate the risk of their possible collision with our planet in future and timely take measures to prevent catastrophic consequences.

Current number of asteroids in the database is 7 027, with 985 objects approaching to inner planets at a distance less than 0.01 astronomical units for the time period between 1800 and 2204, including 739 objects approaching to the Earth. Number of comets is 197.

This project was supported by the Federal Agency of Education (project codes RNP 2.1.1.1689, RNP 2.1.1.745).

Details...

1. Zausaev A.F., Abramov V.V., Denisov S.S. Catalogue of orbital evolution of asteroids approaching to the Earth between 1800 and 2204. – M.: Mashinostroenie – 1, 2007. – 608 p. ISBN 978-5-94275-373-3.

2. Zausaev A.F., Zausaev A.A. Catalogue of orbital evolution of short-period comets between 1800 and 2204. – M.: Mashinostroenie – 1, 2007. – 410 p. ISBN 978-5-94275-372-6.

This project was supported by the Federal Agency of Education (project codes RNP 2.1.1.1689, RNP 2.1.1.745).
Samara State Technical University
Applied Mathematics and Information Science Department
E-mail: support@smallbodies.ru