A two-stage formation process for the Oort comet cloud and its implications

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 492, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 251-255

  Brasser, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Comets: general; Oort cloud; Solar system: formation

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; SOLAR SYSTEM;

COMETS: GENERAL; CURRENT ESTIMATES; FORMATION EFFICIENCIES; FORMATION PROCESSES; GIANT PLANETS; JUPITER; MAJOR AXIS; MEAN MOTIONS; NEPTUNE; OORT CLOUD; OORT CLOUDS; SOLAR SYSTEM: FORMATION;

PLANETS;

EID: 57249116197     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810452     Document Type: Article

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