JWST mid-infrared spectroscopy of centaurs and small trans-Neptunian objects: Linking the inner and outer Solar System
Context. A fraction of the small bodies that formed in the outer Solar System (beyond Uranus and Neptune) are predicted to have been implanted in the inner Solar System (P- and D-type asteroids and Jupiter trojans) following the outward migration of these two planets (Nice model). Aims. We further test the hypothesis that small bodies in the inner
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