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“TNOs are Cool”: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region [PDF]

Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2012
21 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and ...
Vilenius, E., Kiss, C., Mommert, M., Mueller, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Pal, A., Stansberry, J., Mueller, M., Peixinho, S., Fornasier, S., Lellouch, E., Delsanti, A., Thirouin, A., Ortiz, J., Duffard, R., Perna, N., Szalai, S., Protopapa, S., Henry, F., Hestroffer, D., Rengel, M., Dotto, E., Hartogh, P.   +22 more
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“TNOs are Cool”: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region [PDF]

Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2014
The classical Kuiper belt contains objects both from a low-inclination, presumably primordial, distribution and from a high-inclination dynamically excited population. Based on a sample of classical TNOs with observations at thermal wavelengths we determine radiometric sizes, geometric albedos and thermal beaming factors as well as study sample ...
Vilenius, E., Kiss, C., Mueller, T., Mommert, M., Santos-Sanz, P., Pal, A., Stansberry, J., Mueller, M., Peixinho, N., Lellouch, E., Fornasier, S., Delsanti, A., Thirouin, A., Ortiz, J. L., Duffard, R., Perna, D., Henry, F.   +16 more
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Dynamical determination of the Kuiper Belt's mass from motions of the inner planets of the Solar System [PDF]

, 2006
In this paper we dynamically determine the mass of the Kuiper Belt Objects by exploiting the latest observational determinations of the orbital motions of the inner planets of the Solar System.
Anderson, Backman, Bernstein, Bertolami, De Diego, Dvali, Edgeworth, Fernandez, Gladman, Iorio, Jewitt, Krasinsky, Lense, Lorenzo Iorio, Lue, Mashhoon, Mecheri, Newhall, Nieto, Owen, Paternò, Pijpers, Pijpers, Pitjeva, Pitjeva, Trujillo, Will   +26 more
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The Radial Distribution of the Kuiper Belt [PDF]

, 2001
We examine the radial distribution of the Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) using a method that is insensitive to observational bias effects. This technique allows the use of the discovery distances of all KBOs, independent of orbital classification or ...
Brown, Michael E., Trujillo, Chadwick A.
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A Correlation Between Inclination and Color in the Classical Kuiper Belt [PDF]

, 2002
We have measured broadband optical BVR photometry of 24 Classical and Scattered Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), approximately doubling the published sample of colors for these classes of objects. We find a statistically significant correlation between object
Burkhardt G., Chadwick A. Trujillo, Michael E. Brown   +2 more
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Grounded Cognition Entails Linguistic Relativity: A Neglected Implication of a Major Semantic Theory

Topics in Cognitive Science, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 615-647, October 2023., 2023
Abstract According to the popular Grounded Cognition Model (GCM), the sensory and motor features of concepts, including word meanings, are stored directly within neural systems for perception and action. More precisely, the core claim is that these concrete conceptual features reuse some of the same modality‐specific representations that serve to ...
David Kemmerer
wiley   +1 more source

The Existence of a Planet beyond 50 AU and the Orbital Distribution of the Classical Edgeworth–Kuiper-Belt Objects

Icarus, 2002
We study the effects of a Mars-like planetoid with a semimajor axis at about ∼60 AU orbiting embedded in the primordial Edgeworth–Kuiper belt (EKB). The origin of such an object can be explained in the framework of our current understanding of the origin of the outer Solar System, and a scenario for the orbital transport mechanism to its present ...
Brunini, Adrian, Melita, Mario Daniel
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CHIMERA Occultation Constraints on the Abundance of Kilometer-scale Kuiper Belt Objects

The Astronomical Journal, 2023
Occultations provide indirect sensitivity to the number density of small Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) too faint to directly detect telescopically. We present results from the Caltech HI-speed Multicolor camERA (CHIMERA) survey with the Palomar Hale ...
Qicheng Zhang, Gregg W. Hallinan, Navtej S. Saini, Hilke E. Schlichting, Leon K. Harding, Jennifer W. Milburn   +5 more
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A hypothesis for the color diversity of the Kuiper belt [PDF]

, 2011
We propose a chemical and dynamical process to explain the surface colors of the Kuiper belt. In our hypothesis, the initial bulk compositions of the bodies themselves can be quite diverse -- as is seen in comets -- but the early surface compositions are
Andronico, Batygin, Bergin, Bockelée-Morvan, Brown, Brunetto, Dello Russo, Doressoundiram, Hudson, Jewitt, Levison, Morbidelli, Nesvorný, Schaller, Schaller, Stansberry, Stern, Tegler, Trujillo   +18 more
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Great Expectations: Plans and Predictions for New Horizons Encounter With Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 (“Ultima Thule”)

Geophysical Research Letters, 2018
The New Horizons encounter with the cold classical Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 (informally named “Ultima Thule,” hereafter Ultima) on 1 January 2019 will be the first time a spacecraft has ever closely observed one of the free‐orbiting small denizens of
Jeffrey M. Moore, William B. McKinnon, Dale P. Cruikshank, G. Randall Gladstone, John R. Spencer, S. Alan Stern, Harold A. Weaver, Kelsi N. Singer, Mark R. Showalter, William M. Grundy, Ross A. Beyer, Oliver L. White, Richard P. Binzel, Marc W. Buie, Bonnie J. Buratti, Andrew F. Cheng, Carly Howett, Cathy B. Olkin, Alex H. Parker, Simon B. Porter, Paul M. Schenk, Henry B. Throop, Anne J. Verbiscer, Leslie A. Young, Susan D. Benecchi, Veronica J. Bray, Carrie L. Chavez, Rajani D. Dhingra, Alan D. Howard, Tod R. Lauer, C. M. Lisse, Stuart J. Robbins, Kirby D. Runyon, Orkan M. Umurhan   +33 more
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