SP-345 Evolution of the Solar
System
FIGURE 4.3.6.- Profile Of the Flora A
jet stream. Diagram shows the intersections of the individual orbits
of these asteroids with a heliocentric meridional plane as this plane
is rotated one cycle around the ecliptic polar axis. The positions of
the orbits are shown relative to the mean orbit of the jet stream.
The dotted circle shows the cross section of the jet stream as
theoretically calculated in secs. 12.2 and 12.7. Most of the asteroid
orbits in Flora A fall within the dotted circle Profiles of other
asteroidal jet streams show less concentration. (From Danielsson,
1971.)
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