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Phase-mixed comet surface density (Σc​(r))

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With uniformly distributed apsidal orientations, the phase-mixed radial probability of a Kepler orbit gives the surface probability per comet
Σc​(r)=π2(Q+q)(r−q)(Q−r)​1​.
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For Q≫r>q, this is π−2Q−3/2r−1/2(1−q/r)−1/2. Multiply by the population size for a number surface density of a disk.

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