Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1773716 | Icarus | 2013 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
⺠An extensive study of planetary perturbations on Oort Cloud comets is performed. ⺠The probability for a comet to be ejected from the Oort spike is computed. ⺠This probability is not a step function from which the loss cone concept derives. ⺠The long term behaviour under planetary perturbations alone is also performed. ⺠Some inferences about the production of Halley type comets or Centaurs are made.
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Authors
M. Fouchard, H. Rickman, Ch. Froeschlé, G.B. Valsecchi,