On the origin of the high-perihelion scattered disk: The role of the kozai mechanism and mean motion resonances

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 109-129

  Gomes, Rodney S ^a   Gallardo, Tabaré ^b   Fernández, Julio A ^b   Brunini, Adrián ^c,d  

^a MCT   (Brazil)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Comets: dynamics; Edgeworth Kuiper belt; Kozai; Scattered disk

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444428591     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-004-4623-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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