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physics.space-ph2004
Gravitational Interactions Between Protoplanets and Planetismal Disks of Equal Mass
B. D. Lindsay, K. W. Orr, T. W. Hyde +1
Numerical simulations show that planetesimal systems with unevenly distributed masses may actually be more stable than those where all the bodies are of roughly equal size.
physics.space-ph2004
Dynamics of Interplanetary Planetismal Rings
Bruce D. Lindsay, Truell W. Hyde
Among the problems yet to be solved by current theories of solar system formation is the origin of the Jupiter-family comets. Several possibilities are examined using a fifth-order…