Statistics of Comets and Asteroids in our Solar System

Some cool stuff from JPL!

 

Low ratio resonances with Jupiter occur rarely among the observed comets and asteroids. Consider the distribution of semimajor axis and eccentricity of comets and asteroids.

Semi-major Axis distribution

Eccentriciy vs. Semi-major Axis

Comet and Asteriods eccentricty vs. semi-major axis

Comet smeared out along its orbit

Comet