ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The Oort cloud of comets was formed by the ejection of icy planetesimals from the region of giant planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—during their formation. Dynamical simulations have previously shown that comets reach the Oort cloud only after being perturbed into ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35054508
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