The fossilized size distribution of the main asteroid belt
- W. Bottke, D. Durda, H. Levison
- Geology, Physics
- 1 May 2003
Linking the collisional history of the main asteroid belt to its dynamical excitation and depletion
- W. Bottke, D. Durda, H. Levison
- Physics, Geology
- 1 December 2005
An Archaean heavy bombardment from a destabilized extension of the asteroid belt
- W. Bottke, D. Vokrouhlický, H. Levison
- Geology, PhysicsNature
- 3 May 2012
It is reported that the Late Heavy Bombardment lasted much longer than previously thought, with most late impactors coming from the E belt, an extended and now largely extinct portion of the asteroid belt between 1.7 and 2.1 astronomical units from Earth.
COMETARY ORIGIN OF THE ZODIACAL CLOUD AND CARBONACEOUS MICROMETEORITES. IMPLICATIONS FOR HOT DEBRIS DISKS
- D. Nesvorný, P. Jenniskens, H. Levison, W. Bottke, D. Vokrouhlický, M. Gounelle
- Physics, Geology
- 23 September 2009
The zodiacal cloud is a thick circumsolar disk of small debris particles produced by asteroid collisions and comets. Their relative contribution and how particles of different sizes dynamically…
Asteroids Were Born Big
- A. Morbidelli, W. Bottke, D. Nesvorný, H. Levison
- Physics, Geology
- 15 July 2009
The recent breakup of an asteroid in the main-belt region
- D. Nesvorný, W. Bottke, L. Dones, H. Levison
- Physics, GeologyNature
- 13 June 2002
The discovery of a family of asteroids that formed in a disruption event only 5.8 ± 0.2 million years ago, and which has subsequently undergone little dynamical and collisional evolution, is reported.
Recent Origin of the Solar System Dust Bands
- D. Nesvorný, W. Bottke, H. Levison, L. Dones
- Physics, Geology
- 1 July 2003
Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) observations in 1983 revealed the existence of several solar system dust bands. These dust bands are believed to be debris produced by recent disruption events…
Iron meteorites as remnants of planetesimals formed in the terrestrial planet region
- W. Bottke, D. Nesvorný, R. Grimm, A. Morbidelli, D. O'Brien
- Geology, PhysicsNature
- 16 February 2006
It is shown that the iron-meteorite parent bodies most probably formed in the terrestrial planet region, and it is predicted that some asteroids are main-belt interlopers and a select few may even be remnants of the long-lost precursor material that formed the Earth.
Orbital and Collisional Evolution of the Irregular Satellites
- D. Nesvorný, J. Alvarellos, L. Dones, H. Levison
- Physics, Geology
- 1 July 2003
The irregular moons of the Jovian planets are a puzzling part of the solar system inventory. Unlike regular satellites, the irregular moons revolve around planets at large distances in tilted and…
Identification and Dynamical Properties of Asteroid Families
- D. Nesvorný, M. Brož, V. Carruba
- Physics, Geology
- 5 February 2015
Asteroids formed in a dynamically quiescent disk but their orbits became gravitationally stirred enough by Jupiter to lead to high-speed collisions. As a result, many dozen large asteroids have been…
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