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astro-ph2004
Simulations of the Population of Centaurs II: Individual Objects
J. Horner, N. W. Evans, M. E. Bailey
Detailed orbit integrations of clones of five Centaurs -- namely, 1996 AR20, 2060 Chiron, 1995 SN55, 2000 FZ53 and 2002 FY36 -- for durations of 3 Myr are presented. One of our Cen…
astro-ph2004
Simulations of the Population of Centaurs I: The Bulk Statistics
J. Horner, N. W. Evans, M. E. Bailey
Large-scale simulations of the Centaur population are carried out. The evolution of 23328 particles based on the orbits of 32 well-known Centaurs is followed for up to 3 Myr in the…
astro-ph2003
The Populations of Comet-Like Bodies in the Solar system
J. Horner, N. W. Evans, M. E. Bailey +1
A new classification scheme is introduced for comet-like bodies in the Solar system. It covers the traditional comets as well as the Centaurs and Edgeworth-Kuiper belt objects. At…