One quadrillion newly noticed members of the Sol system
Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0608239
From: Asantha R. Cooray [view email]
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:40:23 GMT (190kb)
Solar System: Sifting through the debris
Authors: Asantha Cooray (UC Irvine)
Comments: 3 pages, 1 figure; Nature News and Views on Chang et al. 2006, Nature, 442, 660-663
Journal-ref: Nature 442 (2006) 640-641
A quadrillion previously unnoticed small bodies beyond Neptune have been spotted as they dimmed X-rays from a distant source. Models of the dynamics of debris in the Solar System's suburbs must now be reworked.
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608239