The Scattered Disk as the Source of the Jupiter Family Comets
The Scattered Disk as the Source of the Jupiter Family Comets
The short-period Jupiter family comets (JFCs) are thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt; specifically, a dynamical subclass of the Kuiper Belt known as the "scattered disk" is argued to be the dominant source of JFCs. However, the best estimates from observational surveys indicate that this source may fall short …