Orateur
Nathan Kaib
(University of Oklahoma)
Description
The Oort cloud has previously been invoked to explain observations of centaurs with very high inclinations and/or very large semimajor axes since such orbits are difficult to generate from the scattered disk. However, the known sample of centaurs has been detected with a combination of surveys with different observational biases, some more well-characterized than others. Consequently, it is difficult to compare the centaur production in numerical simulations with the orbital distribution of detected centaurs. Here we use the centaur sample of the Outer Solar Systems Origins Survey (OSSOS), along with a survey simulator, to determine if the Oort cloud is a significant source of centaurs. These results can provide additional constraints on the population and mass of the Oort Cloud.
Auteur principal
Nathan Kaib
(University of Oklahoma)
