Models of the collisional damping scenario for ice-giant planets and Kuiper belt formation

Icarus

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 196-212

  Levison, Harold F ^a   Morbidelli, Alessandro ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Kuiper belt; Origin; Planetary dynamics; Planetary formation; Solar System

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249674323     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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