Results on Oort & Kuiper Sept. 19
Collisional erosion
Total mass = 150 Me
Starting disk : 150 earth mass of material
Starting distribution : q=-3.5 for r < 3000 m and
q=-4.5 for r > 3000 m, Rmax= 500 km
Final time = 4.d9 years
Results for the Oort Cloud
Starting distribution
Distribution at t=4 GY
Evolution of the total mass of the Oort cloud (Earth mass)
Evolution of the mass of the Oort cloud for R > 100 m ( Earth mass)
Evolution of the mass of the Oort cloud for R > 1 km ( Earth mass)
Ratio of final distribution to the initial one : bodies < 1 km disapear
preferentially
Results for the Kuiper Belt
Starting distribution
Distribution at t=4 GY
The location of the transition has shifted from 3000 m to ~ 20
km
Evolution of the total mass of the Kuiper belt (Earth mass)
Evolution of the mass of the Kuiper Belt for R > 100 m ( Earth mass)
Evolution of the mass of the Kuiper Belt for R > 1 km ( Earth mass)
Evolution of the mass of the Kuiper Belt for R > 25 km ( Earth mass)
Ratio of final distribution to the initial one : bodies < 1 km disapear
preferentially
Evolution of the whole disk
The starting mass is 300 earth masses, this is the evolution of the total
mass from 5 mm to 500 km