Embedded star clusters and the formation of the Oort Cloud

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-82

  Brasser, R ^a,b   Duncan, M J ^a   Levison, H F ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; dynamics; Orbits; Origin; Solar System; Trans neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747179823     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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