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Colors of inner disk classical Kuiper Belt objects [PDF]

The Astronomical Journal, 2010
We present new optical broadband colors, obtained with the Keck 1 and Vatican Advanced Technology telescopes, for six objects in the inner classical Kuiper Belt.
Consolmagno, G. J., Romanishin, W., Tegler, S. C.   +2 more
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The Hot Main Kuiper Belt Size Distribution from OSSOS

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023
Using the absolute detection calibration and abundant detections of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey project, we provide population measurements for the main Kuiper Belt.
Jean-Marc Petit, Brett Gladman, J. J. Kavelaars, Michele T. Bannister, Mike Alexandersen, Kathryn Volk, Ying-Tung Chen   +6 more
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A Measurement of the Kuiper Belt’s Mean Plane From Objects Classified By Machine Learning

The Astronomical Journal, 2023
Mean plane measurements of the Kuiper Belt from observational data are of interest for their potential to test dynamical models of the solar system. Recent measurements have yielded inconsistent results.
Ian Matheson, Renu Malhotra
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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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“TNOs are Cool”: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. X. Analysis of classical Kuiper belt objects from Herschel and Spitzer observations [PDF]

Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2014
Context. The Kuiper belt is formed of planetesimals which failed to grow to planets and its dynamical structure has been affected by Neptune. The classical Kuiper belt contains objects both from a low-inclination, presumably primordial, distribution and ...
Mommert, M., Müller, T., M. Mommert, S. Fornasier, Santos-Sanz, P., Lellouch, E., Ortiz, J. L., Kiss, C., Mueller, M., Vilenius, E., Pál, A., A. Thirouin, E. Vilenius, M. Mueller, D. Perna, Henry, F., E. Lellouch, Stansberry, J., P. Santos-Sanz, Peixinho, N., J. Stansberry, Kiss, Csaba, T. Müller, Ortiz, J.L., A. Pál, N. Peixinho, R. Duffard, Perna, D., F. Henry, Duffard, R., C. Kiss, Ortiz, J., Fornasier, S., Mueller, T., A. Delsanti, Delsanti, A., Pál, András, J. L. Ortiz, Thirouin, A.   +38 more
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Analysis of classical Kuiper-belt objects and Haumea collisional family from the Herschel and Spitzer observations

, 2014
We have analyzed space-based data at far-IR wavelengths in order to determine physical properties of Kuiper-belt objects (KBOs), also known as transneptunian objects (TNO), in the dynamical class of classical Kuiper-belt objects (CKBO).
Mommert, M., Kiss, C., Mueller, M., Müller, T., Pal, A., Vilenius, E., Stansberry, J., Fornasier, S., Santos-Sanz, P., Peixinho, N., Lellouch, E., Thirouin, A.   +11 more
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The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP). V. The Absolute Magnitude Distribution of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt

The Planetary Science Journal
The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP) is a deep survey of the trans-Neptunian solar system being carried out on the 4 m Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam).
Kevin J. Napier, Hsing Wen Lin, David W. Gerdes, Fred C. Adams, Anna M. Simpson, Matthew W. Porter, Katherine G. Weber, Larissa Markwardt, Gabriel Gowman, Hayden Smotherman, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić, Andrew J. Connolly, J. Bryce Kalmbach, Stephen K. N. Portillo, David E. Trilling, Ryder Strauss, William J. Oldroyd, Chadwick A. Trujillo, Colin Orion Chandler, Matthew J. Holman, Hilke E. Schlichting, Andrew McNeill   +22 more
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The absolute magnitude distribution of cold classical Kuiper belt objects

, 2016
International audienceWe report measurements of the low inclination component of the main Kuiper Belt showing a size freqency distribution very steep for sizes larger than H_r ~ 6.5-7.0 and then a flattening to shallower slope that is still steeper than ...
Alexandersen, Mike, Bannister, Michele T., Gladman, Brett, Gwyn, Stephen, Kavelaars, Jj, Petit, Jean-Marc, C., Chen, Ying-Tung, Volk, Kathryn   +7 more
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TNOs are Cool: Analysis of Classical Kuiper Belt Objects from Herschel Space Observatory Data

, 2012
We present results from the sample analysis of classical Kuiper belt objects (CKBO) observed within the open time key program "TNOs are Cool" [Muller et al. 2009, Earth, Moon, Planets 105] of Herschel Space Observatory.
Mommert, M., Pal, A., Stansberry, J., Santos-Sanz, P., Peixinho, N., Lellouch, E., Vilenius, Esa, Kiss, C., Muller, T., Mueller, M., Duffard, R., Ortiz, J., Fornasier, S., Delsanti, A., Thirouin, A.   +14 more
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Using the density of Kuiper Belt Objects to constrain their composition and formation history [PDF]

Icarus, 2019
Carver J Bierson, Francis Nimmo
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