Birgit Loibnegger

Oort Cloud Comets: Perturbations Due to the Passage of Gliese 710

The outermost region of the Solar System is called Oort cloud which is the Solar systems’ reservoir of long-period comets that extends to distances up to 200 000 au from the Sun. Long-period comets can be injected towards the inner Solar System due to galactic tides and passing s...