On a Scattered-Disk Origin for the 2003 EL61 Collisional Family: an Example of the Importance of Collisions on the Dynamics of Small Bodies

Abstract

The recent discovery of the 2003 EL61 collisional family in the Kuiper belt by M. Brown and collaborators is surprising because the formation of such a family is a highly improbable event in today's belt.

Keywords

• Scattered-Disk
• Origin
• Collisional
• Family
• Example
• Importance
• Collisions
• Dynamics
• Small
• Bodies