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The idea that both long- and short-period comets come from a large reservoir (the Oort cloud), extending isotropically up to a distance of 1 to 2•105 AU from the Sun (Weissman, 1981; Fernandez, 1980, 1981), is today almost generally accepted.
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Carusi, A., Valsecchi, G.B. (1982). On the Orbital Evolution of Short-Period Comets Having Low-Velocity Encounters with Jupiter. In: Coradini, A., Fulchignoni, M. (eds) The Comparative Study of the Planets. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 85. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7810-2_12
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