Monte Carlo simulations of Oort cloud comets: The influence of mantle blow-off on the inclination distribution of Jupiter family

DOI10.1023/A:1006281618542zbMath0973.70504MaRDI QIDQ1976678

Seppo Mikkola, Hans Rickman, Mauri J. Valtonen, P. Nurmi, J. Q. Zheng

Publication date: 20 November 2001

Published in: Earth, Moon, and Planets (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo method; evolution of comets; inclination distributions; Jupiter family comets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

70-08: Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems

70F15: Celestial mechanics

85-08: Computational methods for problems pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics