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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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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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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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Unbiased Inclination Distributions for Objects in the Kuiper Belt [PDF]

, 2010
Using data from the Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES), we investigate the inclination distributions of objects in the Kuiper Belt. We present a derivation for observational bias removal and use this procedure to generate unbiased inclination distributions for ...
Adams, Elisabeth Rose, Gulbis, Amanda A. S., Adams, E. R., Elliot, James L., Elliot, J. L., Benecchi, S. D., Wasserman, L. H., Benecchi, Susan D., Buie, Marc W., D. E. Trilling, S. D. Benecchi, M. W. Buie, Gulbis, A. A. S., E. R. Adams, A. A. S. Gulbis, Trilling, David E., Trilling, D. E., J. L. Elliot, L. H. Wasserman, Buie, M. W.   +19 more
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Near-Infrared Spectrum of Low-Inclination Classical Kuiper Belt Object (79360) 1997 CS₂₉

The Astronomical Journal, 2005
The "cold classical" Kuiper Belt is the only part of the Kuiper Belt where objects show color statistics distinct from the rest of the trans-Neptunian population. Cold classical orbits are also likely to have been among the least dynamically perturbed since the time of accretion.
W. M. Grundy, M. W. Buie, J. R. Spencer
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Col-OSSOS: The Two Types of Kuiper Belt Surfaces

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
The Colors of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (Col-OSSOS) has gathered a high-quality, near-simultaneous, and brightness-complete sample of ( g − r ) and ( r − J ) colors for 102 Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) with ( u − g ) and ( r − z ) gathered for ...
Wesley C. Fraser, Rosemary E. Pike, Michaël Marsset, Megan E. Schwamb, Michele T. Bannister, Laura Buchanan, J. J. Kavelaars, Susan D. Benecchi, Nicole J. Tan, Nuno Peixinho, Stephen D. J. Gwyn, Mike Alexandersen, Ying-Tung Chen, Brett Gladman, Kathryn Volk   +14 more
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Col-OSSOS: Evidence for a Compositional Gradient Inherited from the Protoplanetary Disk?

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
In the present-day Kuiper Belt, the number of compositional classes and the orbital distributions of these classes hold important cosmogonic implications for the solar system.
Michaël Marsset, Wesley C. Fraser, Megan E. Schwamb, Laura E. Buchanan, Rosemary E. Pike, Kathryn Volk, Nuno Peixinho, Susan Benecchi, Michele T. Bannister, Nicole J. Tan, J. J. Kavelaars   +10 more
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An Exploration of Neptune's Dynamical History in Relation to the Classical Kuiper Belt Objects

, 2013
The structure of the outer disk of planetesimals in today's solar system was shaped largely by the dynamical history of Neptune. In the Classical Region of the Kuiper Belt, there exist overlying populations of high-inclination, dynami- cally hot Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) and low-inclination cold objects, each with uniquely defined properties.
Jackson, Jonathan, Murray-Clay, R.
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A Search for Bright Kuiper Belt Objects

, 1998
Since 1992, 60 large Kuiper Belt objects have been detected by ground-based telescopes. Previous surveys which have detected objects have searched approximately 60□° and detected objects with magnitudes 20·6 < mR < 25·0.
R. L. Webster, Michael J. I. Brown
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Dynamical Studies of the Kuiper Belt and the Centaurs

, 2013
The Kuiper belt is a population of small bodies located outside Neptune's orbit. The observed Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) can be divided into several subclasses based on their dynamical structure.
Volk, Kathryn Margaret
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