Origin of the late heavy bombardment

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Jul 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977icar...31..412m&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 31, July 1977, p. 412, 413.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Cratering, Gravitational Effects, Planetary Evolution, Star Clusters, Terrestrial Planets, Astronomical Models, Lunar Surface, Mars Surface, Mercury (Planet), Open Clusters, Orbit Perturbation

Scientific paper

Cratering data from the moon, Mars, and Mercury have been interpreted by some as evidence that the inner solar system underwent a period of intense bombardment that ended about 4 billion yr ago. Planetary perturbations of small objects within the solar system seem unable to account for the effect. This paper suggests that stellar perturbations from members of the original open cluster within which the Sun formed triggered the brief flux of objects responsible for the bombardment.

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