Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989icar...80..167i&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 80, July 1989, p. 167-178.
Computer Science
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Neptune (Planet), Planetary Evolution, Planetary Mass, Uranus (Planet), Computerized Simulation, Monte Carlo Method, Protoplanets, Solar Orbits, Solar System, Planets, Uranus, Neptune, Dynamics, Accretion, Simulations, Distribution, Gravity Effects, Scattering, Timescale, Numerical Methods, Protoplanets, Collisions, Orbits, Diffusion, Comet Belts, Asteroids, Asteroid Belts, Position (Location), Evolution, Diagrams
Scientific paper
A program simulating the random effects of both gravitational scattering and accretion in a system of earth-scaled objects is presently applied to the cases of macroaccretion in Uranus and Neptune. The numerical results thus obtained are useful in approximating the few-times-100-million-year time-scales of stochastic collisions, and thereby the large tilting of the protoplanets. It appears probable that the insertion of a small number of terrestrial-scale objects in the trans-Neptunian region acts as the driver of inward orbital diffusion for a cometary belt that is located outside Neptune's orbit; a few large planetesimals may have scattered into orbits crossing the asteroid belt, gravitationally stirring the orbits of the main-belt asteroids.
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