On dynamical scattering of Kuiper Belt Objects in 2:3 resonance with Neptune into short-period comets

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 778-784

  Ip, Wing Huen ^a   Fernandez, J A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b Institute Cle fi'Sica   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Comets: general; Planets and satellites: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000664944     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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