The scattered disk as a source of Halley-type comets

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 619-633

  Levison, Harold F ^a   Duncan, Martin J ^b   Dones, Luke ^a   Gladman, Brett J ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comets; Kuiper belt; Origin; Solar System

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748695295     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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