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Resonant Gaps in the Scattered Cometary Population of the Trans-Neptunian Region

arXiv:astro-ph/0010402

Abstract

Our numerical simulations of the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt objects gravitationally scattered by the four giant planets accounting for mean motion resonances reveal numerous resonant gaps in the distribution of the scattered population.

2 pages with one encapsulated Figure. Highlights of Astronomy, Joint Discussion 4. Eds. A. Lemaitre and H. Rickman (in press)