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Transport of comets to the Inner Solar System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2005

Hans Rickman
Hans Rickman
Affiliation:
Astronomiska observatoriet, Box 515, SE–75120 Uppsala, Sweden email: hans@astro.uu.se
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Abstract

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Recent years have seen a revolution in the possibility to understand cometary capture, i.e., the origin of the cometary population that moves in orbits confined to the inner Solar System. This is due to the discovery of the major source populations: the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, and the scattered disk. We review the current understanding of the links between the distant sources, including the Oort cloud, and the observed, short-period population, and the problems that remain. Some highlights of present research in this field will serve to illustrate recent progress and major issues that are currently arising.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

Keywords

Cometscometary captureJupiter familyOort cloudEdgeworth-Kuiper beltscattered disk
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2004 , Issue IAUC197 , August 2004 , pp. 277 - 288
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© 2005 International Astronomical Union