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astro-ph.EP2009★ 168 cited
Dynamical erosion of the asteroid belt and implications for large impacts in the inner solar system
David A. Minton, Renu Malhotra
The cumulative effects of weak resonant and secular perturbations by the major planets produce chaotic behavior of asteroids on long timescales. Dynamical chaos is the dominant los…
astro-ph.EP2009★ 171 cited
A record of planet migration in the Main Asteroid Belt
David A. Minton, Renu Malhotra
The main asteroid belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, but the region is not uniformly filled with asteroids. There are gaps, known as the Kirkwood gaps, in the astero…