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Main Authors: Nesvorny, David, Dones, Luke, Vokrouhlicky, David, Levison, Hal F., Beauge, Cristian, Faherty, Jacqueline, Emmart, Carter, Parker, Jon P.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.11252
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author Nesvorny, David
Dones, Luke
Vokrouhlicky, David
Levison, Hal F.
Beauge, Cristian
Faherty, Jacqueline
Emmart, Carter
Parker, Jon P.
author_facet Nesvorny, David
Dones, Luke
Vokrouhlicky, David
Levison, Hal F.
Beauge, Cristian
Faherty, Jacqueline
Emmart, Carter
Parker, Jon P.
contents 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) prospects for its observational detection.
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spellingShingle A Spiral Structure in the Inner Oort Cloud
Nesvorny, David
Dones, Luke
Vokrouhlicky, David
Levison, Hal F.
Beauge, Cristian
Faherty, Jacqueline
Emmart, Carter
Parker, Jon P.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
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) prospects for its observational detection.
title A Spiral Structure in the Inner Oort Cloud
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.11252