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1 Southwest Research Institute
Oort Cloud Formation ― The Role of the Sun's Birth Cluster Hal Levison Southwest Research Institute Boulder, CO USA Outline: Some basics Standard model of Oort cloud formation. Problems. New stuff.

2 Introduction Comets (and small bodies, in general) supply crucial clues about the planet's origins. We have two distinct types of data: The structure of reservoirs give insight into the dynamical evolution. For example, the Kuiper belt and Scattered Disk: We also have information about chemical abundances. For example: which also relates to cometary orbits But to relate this to nebula locations requires the understanding of reservoirs' origins.

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5 Three rings for the elven kings under the sky.
Slide 2 Three rings for the elven kings under the sky.


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