The existence of a planet beyond 50 AU and the orbital Distribution of the classical Edgeworth-kuiper-belt objects

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-43

  Brunini, A ^a   Melita, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comets; Dynamics; Kuiper belt objects; Origin; Origin, solar system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036854579     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6935     Document Type: Article

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