A Spiral Structure in the Inner Oort Cloud

As the Galactic tide acts to decouple bodies from the scattered disk it creates a spiral structure in physical space that is roughly 15,000 au in length. The spiral is long-lived and persists in the inner Oort cloud to the present time. Here we discuss dynamics underlying the Oort spiral and (feeble...

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Main Authors: David Nesvorný, Luke Dones, David Vokrouhlický, Hal F. Levison, Cristian Beaugé, Jacqueline Faherty, Carter Emmart, Jon P. Parker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adbf9b
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