The Buildup of a Tightly Bound Comet Cloud around an Early Sun Immersed in a Dense Galactic Environment: Numerical Experiments

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 580-590

  Fernández, Julio A ^a   Brunini, Adrián ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Comets; Dynamics; Origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040579134     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6348     Document Type: Article

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