Large retrograde Centaurs: visitors from the Oort cloud?

Among all the asteroid dynamical groups, Centaurs have the highest fraction of objects moving in retrograde orbits. The distribution in absolute magnitude, H , of known retrograde Centaurs with semi-major axes in the range 6–34 AU exhibits a remarkable trend: 10 % have H 12 mag. The largest objects,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Astrophysics and space science 2014-08, Vol.352 (2), p.409-419
Hauptverfasser:	Fuente Marcos, C, Fuente Marcos, R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asteroids Astrobiology Astronomy Astrophysics Astrophysics and Astroparticles Cosmology Observations and Techniques Orbits Original Article Physics Solar system Space Exploration and Astronautics Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics
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