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Short-Period Comet Source

Uruguay · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1980Date range
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Chronological records

1980

Julio Fernandez1980

Science / Astronomy

Fernandez argues that a belt of cometary bodies beyond Neptune can provide the source population for short-period comets.

Names involved

Julio Fernandez

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