The edge of the Kuiper belt: The Planet X scenario

Icarus

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 516-524

  Melita, M D ^a   Williams, I P ^a   Collander Brown, Simon J ^b   Fitzsimmons, Alan ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Orbits; Origin, solar system; Planetary dynamics; Trans neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544279027     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.05.014     Document Type: Article

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