The edge of the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt: Stellar encounter, trans-plutonian planet or outer limit of the primordial solar nebula?

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 500, 2002, Pages 305-308

  Melita, M D ^a   Larwood, J ^a   Collander Brown, S ^b   Fitzsimmons, A ^b   Williams, I P ^a   Brunini, A ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LUMINESCENCE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLANETS; RESONANCE;

SOLAR NEBULA;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036664895     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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