Origin of the structure of the Kuiper belt during a dynamical instability in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 258-273

  Levison, Harold F ^a   Morbidelli, Alessandro ^b   VanLaerhoven, Christa ^c   Gomes, Rodney ^d   Tsiganis, Kleomenis ^e  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Kuiper belt; migration; Origin; Planets; Solar System; Trans neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149113469     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.035     Document Type: Article

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