The formation of the Kuiper belt by the outward transport of bodies during Neptune's migration

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6965, 2003, Pages 419-421

  Levison, Harold F ^a,b   Morbideill, Alessandro ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ORBITS; RESONANCE; SUN;

KUIPER BELTS; PLANET FORMATION;

PLANETS;

ASTRONOMY; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0344066285     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02120     Document Type: Article

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