The Effect of a Planet in the Asteroid B
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Jack J. Lissauer; Elisa V. Quintana; Eugenio J. Rivera; Martin J. Duncan
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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If a planetary-mass body were present in the asteroid belt, the orbits of the terrestrial planets and those of the giant planets would be more closely coupled. A greater exchange of angular momentum could affect the stability of the terrestrial planets. Moreover, the planet in the asteroid belt coul