Planetary Trojans – the main source of short period comets?
@article{Horner2010PlanetaryT, title={Planetary Trojans – the main source of short period comets?}, author={Jonathan Horner and Patryk Sofia Lykawka}, journal={International Journal of Astrobiology}, year={2010}, volume={9}, pages={227 - 234} }
Abstract One of the key considerations when assessing the potential habitability of telluric worlds will be that of the impact regime experienced by the planet. In this work, we present a short review of our understanding of the impact regime experienced by the terrestrial planets within our own Solar system, describing the three populations of potentially hazardous objects which move on orbits that take them through the inner Solar system. Of these populations, the origins of two (the Near…
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