The Collisional Evolution of the Primordial Kuiper Belt, Its Destabilized Population, and the Trojan Asteroids

The Collisional Evolution of the Primordial Kuiper Belt, Its Destabilized Population, and the Trojan Asteroids

The tumultuous early era of outer solar system evolution culminated when Neptune migrated across the primordial Kuiper Belt (PKB) and triggered a dynamical instability among the giant planets. This event led to the ejection of ∼99.9% of the PKB (here called the destabilized population), heavy bombar...

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Main Authors: William F. Bottke, David Vokrouhlický, Raphael Marshall, David Nesvorný, Alessandro Morbidelli, Rogerio Deienno, Simone Marchi, Luke Dones, Harold F. Levison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
Subjects:
Kuiper belt
Trans-Neptunian objects
Collisional processes
Jupiter trojans
Comet origins
Jovian satellites
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace7cd

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https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace7cd

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