Chaotic diffusion and the origin of comets from the 2/3 resonance in the Kuiper Belt

Icarus

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Morbidelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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EID: 0031138887     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5681     Document Type: Article

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