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Migration of Matter from the Edgeworth-Kuiper and Main Asteroid Belts to the EarthThe main asteroid belt (MAB), the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt (EKB), and comets belong to the main sources of dust in the Solar System. Most of Jupiter-family comets came from the EKB. Comets can be distracted due to close encounters with planets and the Sun, collisions with small bodies, a nd internal forces. We support the Eneev's idea that the largest objects in the ELB and MAB could be formed directly by the compression of rarefied dust condensations of the protoplanetary cloud but not by the accretion of small (for example, 1-km) planetesimals. The total mass of planetesimals that entered the EKB from the feeding zone of the giant planets during their accumulation could exceed tens of Earth's masses. These planetesimals increased eccentricities of 'local' trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and swept most of these TNOs. A small portion of such planetesimals could left beyond Neptune's orbit in highly eccentric orbits. The results of previous investigations of migration and collisional evolution of minor bodies were summarized. Mainly our recent results are presented.
Document ID
20020067409
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Ipatov. S. I.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Oegerle, William
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Subject Category
Geophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Dust in the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems
Location: Canterbury
Country: United Kingdom
Start Date: April 10, 2000
End Date: April 14, 2000
Sponsors: International Astronomical Union
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: INTAS 00-240
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-10776
CONTRACT_GRANT: RFBR 01-01-17540
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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