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We consider the secular evolution of the orbits of bodies in the Outer Solar System under the perturbations of the jovian planets assumed on coplanar and circular orbits. Through the approach used for asteroidal belt by Yoshihide Kozai in 1962, we obtain that the Kozai resonance do not affect the behavior of bodies belonging to the Kuiper belt but concerns the long-timescale evolution of long-period comets. In particular this resonance appears as a process contributing to produce Sun-grazer comets.
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Thomas, F., Morbidelli, A. The Kozai resonance in the outer solar system and the dynamics of long-period comets. Celestial Mech Dyn Astr 64, 209–229 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00728348
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