Collision probabilities of migrating small bodies and dust particles with planets
S. I. Ipatov
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7 pages (original paper consists of 4 pages, with all sub-figures on one page). Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 263 "Icy bodies in the Solar System" (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3-7 August, 2009), ed. by D. Lazzaro, D. Prialnik, R. Schulz, J.A. Fernandez, submitted
Probabilities of collisions of migrating small bodies and dust particles produced by these bodies with planets were studied. Various Jupiter-family comets, Halley-type comets, long-period comets, trans-Neptunian objects, and asteroids were considered. The total probability of collisions of any considered body or particle with all planets did not exceed 0.2. The amount of water delivered from outside of Jupiter's orbit to the Earth during the formation of the giant planets could exceed the amount of water in Earth's oceans. The ratio of the mass of water delivered to a planet by Jupiter-family comets or Halley-type comets to the mass of the planet can be greater for Mars, Venus, and Mercury, than that for Earth.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院);Space Science Institute(太空科学研究所);Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室);Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学斯蒂沃德天文台);Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学月球与行星实验室);Alien Earths Team, NASA ICAR/NExSS(NASA ICAR/NExSS 外星地球团队);Space Telescope Science Institute(空间望远镜科学研究所)