The scattered disk population as a source of Oort cloud comets: Evaluation of its current and past role in populating the Oort cloud

Icarus

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 372-381

  Fernández, Julio A ^a   Gallardo, Tabaré ^a   Brunini, Adrián ^b,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Comets; Dynamics; Edgeworth Kuiper belt; Oort cloud; Scattered disk

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144350503     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.07.023     Document Type: Article

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