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A Potential Signature of HD 7977’s Passage among Observed Long-period Comet Orbits

  • Authors: Nathan A. Kaib, Sean N. Raymond

Nathan A. Kaib and Sean N. Raymond 2026 The Planetary Science Journal 7 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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The distribution of s2ω for Oort cloud orbits in 10 coadded snapshots of our TIDE simulation (t = 1.1–2.0 Gyr in 100 Myr increments). Distributions are shown for orbits with q  <  4 au and a > 104 au (blue), orbits with 4 au < q < 8 au and a > 104 au (orange), and orbits with 4 au < q < 8 au and 104 au < a < 2 × 104 au (green). Each orbit is weighted by its orbital frequency (a−1.5). The dotted line marks an isotropic distribution.

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