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Solar System: Sifting through the debris

Astrophysics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

A quadrillion previously unnoticed small bodies beyond Neptune have been spotted as they dimmed X-rays from a distant source. Models of the dynamics of debris in the Solar System's suburbs must now be reworked.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0608239,
  title  = {Solar System: Sifting through the debris},
  author = {Asantha Cooray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0608239},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

3 pages, 1 figure; Nature News and Views on Chang et al. 2006, Nature, 442, 660-663