From the Kuiper Belt to Jupiter-family comets: The spatial distribution of ecliptic comets

Icarus

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-32

  Levison, Harold F ^a   Duncan, Martin J ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0031138888     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5637     Document Type: Article

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