Migration of small bodies and dust to the terrestrial planets

Authors :: John C. Mather
Sergei I. Ipatov
Source :: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 2004:399-404
Publication Year :: 2004
Publisher :: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2004.
Abstract: We integrated the orbital evolution of 30,000 Jupiter-family comets, 1300 resonant asteroids, and 7000 asteroidal, trans-Neptunian, and cometary dust particles. For initial orbital elements of bodies close to those of Comets 2P, 10P, 44P, and 113P, a few objects got Earth-crossing orbits with semi-major axes $a$$<br />Comment: Submitted to Proc. of the IAU Colloquium N 197 "Dynamics of populations of planetary systems" (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, 31 August - 4 September, 2004)