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5 claims from 3 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Neptune's Migration into a Stirred-Up Kuiper Belt: A Detailed Comparison of Simulations to Observations

   Hahn and Malhotra · The Astronomical Journal · 2005

   N-body simulations of Neptune migrating outward through a stirred-up Kuiper Belt are compared quantitatively with observations, covering resonant captures, the Scattered Disk, Centaurs and subpopulation abundances.

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   1. UncheckedIn simulations of Neptune's outward migration, distant resonances such as the 9:4, 7:3, 5:2 and 3:1 can hold particles in stable, eccentric orbits beyond 50 AU.“The more distant of these resonances, such as the 9:4, 7:3, 5:2, and the 3:1, can also capture particles in stable, eccentric orbits beyond 50 AU, in the region of phase space conventionally known as the Scattered Disk.”
   2. UncheckedIn these simulations, 90% of long-lived particles in the Scattered Disk zone were lifted there by Neptune's resonances, without ever closely encountering Neptune.“Indeed, 90% of the simulated particles that persist over the age of the Solar System in the so-called Scattered Disk zone never had a close encounter with Neptune, but instead were promoted into these eccentric orbits by Neptune's resonances during the migration epoch.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   OSSOS. XV. Probing the Distant Solar System with Observed Scattering TNOs

   Kaib, Pike, Lawler et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 2019

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   1. UncheckedSimulated Oort Cloud sources yield about three times fewer highly inclined scattering objects than observed; enriching the cloud might close the gap.“Although the number of highly inclined scatterers from the Oort Cloud is ~3 times less than observed, Oort cloud enrichment from the Sun's galactic migration or birth cluster could resolve this.”
   2. Unchecked“Meanwhile, a distant, low-eccentricity 5 Earth-mass planet replicates the observed fraction of highly inclined scatterers, but the overall inclination distribution is more excited than observed.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   An estimate of resident time of the Oort Cloud new comets in planetary region

   Itô and Higuchi · Planetary and Space Science · 2024

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   1. Unchecked“We also found that the so-called planet barrier works when the initial orbital inclination of the comets is small.”