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Title:
An Overview on the Kuiper Belt and on the Origin of Jupiter-family Comets
Authors:
Morbidelli, Alessandro
Affiliation:
AA(CNRS UMR 6529 Cassini, O.C.A. Observatoire de Nice, B.P. 4229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France)
Publication:
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, v. 72, Issue 1/2, p. 129-156 (1998). (CeMDA Homepage)
Publication Date:
09/1998
Origin:
KLUWER; SPRINGER
DOI:
10.1023/A:1008322915678
Bibliographic Code:
1998CeMDA..72..129M

Abstract

The present paper reviews our current understanding of the dynamical structure of the Kuiper belt and of the origin of Jupiter-family comets. It also discusses the evolutionary scenarios that have been proposed so far to explain the observed structure of the Kuiper belt population.
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