Fuzzy Characterization of Near-Earth-Asteroids
Abstract
Description
Due to close encounters with the inner planets, Near-Earth-Asteroids (NEAs) can have very chaotic orbits. Because of this chaoticity, a statistical treatment of the dynamical properties of NEAs becomes difficult or even impossible. We propose a new way to classify NEAs by using methods from Fuzzy Logic. We demonstrate how a fuzzy characterization of NEAs can be obtained and how a subsequent analysis can deliver valid and quantitative results concerning the long-term dynamics of NEAs.
11 pages, presented at the 7th Alexander von Humboldt Colloquium on Celestial Mechanics (2008), accepted for publication in "Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy"
11 pages, presented at the 7th Alexander von Humboldt Colloquium on Celestial Mechanics (2008), accepted for publication in "Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy"