Embedded star clusters and the formation of the Oort cloud. III. Evolution of the inner cloud during the Galactic phase

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 274-284

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149087533     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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