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.

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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