Sculpting the Kuiper Belt (cont.)
What about the main belt inclinations?
This is very tough!
Here are the mechanisms of which I am aware:
Dynamics
OK?
Other
OK?
I:
Sweeping Mean Motion Resonances
NO
maybe
II:
Sweeping Secular Resonances
NO
.
III:
Interactions with a Planet
Maybe
.
IV:
Binary Star
Maybe
.
V:
Passing Stars
NO
.