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3. A Former Major Planet of the Solar System
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
Dynamical calculations by Ovenden, indicating the former existence of a 90-Earth-mass planet in the asteroid belt, have now been supported by a study of orbital element distributions of very-long-period comets. The indicated epoch for disintegration of the planet is just 5 x 106 years ago.
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- Part VIII. The Origin of Comets
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 39: Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites: Interrelations, Evolution and Origins , December 1977 , pp. 475 - 481
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- Copyright © A.H. Delsemme 1977
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