Main Belt Comets and other “Interlopers” in the Solar System

According to traditional ideas about the formation of the Solar System starting from a protoplanetary disk of gas and dust, a well-defined distribution of planets and minor bodies is expected: (a) volatile-poor rocky bodies (terrestrial planets and asteroids) in the inner part of the Solar System an...

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Main Author: Vincenzo Orofino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Universe
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/8/10/518