The origin of the Kuiper belt in the Nice model
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Alessandro Morbidelli, Professor at the Collège de France
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Astronomy, Astrophysics, Celestial Mechanics and seminar by Alessandro Morbidelli, Professor at the Collège de France
Hosted by Collège de France
Tuesday 16:45–18:45 Paris (GMT+1)
Recording available
The Kuiper belt preserves evidence of major orbital changes among the giant planets. This lecture reviews migration-driven explanations for its resonant, dynamically excited and detached populations. It then examines why these early models required an additional instability mechanism, leading to scenarios involving resonance crossing between Jupiter and Saturn.