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Dynamical Origin and Terrestrial Impact Flux of Large Near-Earth Asteroids
D. Nesvorny, F. Roig
Dynamical models of the asteroid delivery from the main belt suggest that the current impact flux of diameter D>10 km asteroids on the Earth is 0.5-1 per Gyr. Studies of the Near-E…
Origin and Evolution of Short-Period Comets
D. Nesvorny, D. Vokrouhlicky, L. Dones +3
Comets are icy objects that orbitally evolve from the trans-Neptunian region (the Kuiper belt and beyond) into the inner Solar System, where they are heated by solar radiation and…
All planetesimals born near the Kuiper Belt formed as binaries
Wesley C. Fraser, Michele t. Bannister, Rosemary E. Pike +19
The cold classical Kuiper belt objects have low inclinations and eccentricities and are the only Kuiper belt population suspected to have formed in situ. Compared with the dynamica…