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7 claims from 5 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Reassessing the formation of the inner Oort cloud in an embedded star cluster

   Brasser, Duncan, Levison, Schwamb and Brown · Icarus · 2011

   Simulations of the Sun in an embedded birth cluster show an inner Oort cloud forming with edges at similar distances in all cases, in a way consistent with Sedna's existence.

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   1. UncheckedIn the simulated inner Oort clouds, Sedna sits at the very inner edge: about the innermost 2% for Plummer cluster models and 5% for Hernquist models.“All inner Oort clouds formed are consistent with the existence of (90377) Sedna, an inner Oort cloud dwarf planetoid, at the inner edge of the cloud: Sedna tends to be at the innermost 2% for Plummer models, while it is 5% for Hernquist models.”

2. 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.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Implications for the formation of Oort cloud-like structures and interstellar comets in dense environments

   Torres · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2026

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   1. Unchecked“We find that compact disks primarily form Kuiper belt and scattered disk-like populations through planet-disk interactions, while extended disks are more strongly shaped by stellar encounters, producing Oort cloud-like structures and interstellar comets with…
   2. Unchecked“In coplanar encounters, the disk remains largely flattened, whereas polar flybys redistribute angular momentum vertically, producing nearly isotropic outer populations that resemble an emerging Oort cloud.”

4. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Radial Distribution of Distant Trans-Neptunian Objects Points to Sun's Formation in a Stellar Cluster

   Nesvorný, Bernardinelli, Vokrouhlický and Batygin · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023

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   1. Unchecked“For such an encounter to happen with a reasonably high probability the Sun must have formed in a stellar cluster with $ηT \gtrsim 10^4$ Myr pc$^{-3}$, where $η$ is the stellar number density and $T$ is the Sun's residence time in the cluster.”

5. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Scenarios for the Origin of the Orbits of the Trans-Neptunian Objects 2000 CR105 and 2003 VB12

   Morbidelli and H. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2004

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   1. Unchecked“Of all these mechanisms, the only one giving satisfactory results is the passage of a star.”
   2. Unchecked“Indeed, our simulations show that the passage of a solar mass star at about 800 AU only perturbs objects with semi-major axes larger than roughly 200 AU to large perihelion distances.”