Debiased orbit and absolute-magnitude distributions for near-Earth objects

•We provide a four-dimensional debiased orbit and absolute-magnitude distribution for near-Earth objects.•The model provides information on the relative importance of NEO escape regions in the main asteroid belt and cometary region.•The absolute-magnitude distribution is in agreement with other rece...

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Veröffentlicht in:Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) N.Y. 1962), 2018-09, Vol.312, p.181-207
Hauptverfasser: Granvik, Mikael, Morbidelli, Alessandro, Jedicke, Robert, Bolin, Bryce, Bottke, William F., Beshore, Edward, Vokrouhlický, David, Nesvorný, David, Michel, Patrick
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Zusammenfassung:•We provide a four-dimensional debiased orbit and absolute-magnitude distribution for near-Earth objects.•The model provides information on the relative importance of NEO escape regions in the main asteroid belt and cometary region.•The absolute-magnitude distribution is in agreement with other recent estimates.•The orbit distribution changes with the absolute magnitude.•The long-term rate of asteroid impacts on the Earth is in agreement with previous estimates. The debiased absolute-magnitude and orbit distributions as well as source regions for near-Earth objects (NEOs) provide a fundamental frame of reference for studies of individual NEOs and more complex population-level questions. We present a new four-dimensional model of the NEO population that describes debiased steady-state distributions of semimajor axis, eccentricity, inclination, and absolute magnitude H in the range 17 
ISSN:0019-1035
1090-2643
DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.04.018