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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 ...
Trujillo, Chadwick A., Chadwick A. Trujillo, Michael E. Brown, Brown, Michael E.   +3 more
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How the formation of Neptune shapes the Kuiper belt

, 2021
Hydrodynamical simulations predict the inward migration of giant planets during the gas phase of the protoplanetary disc. This phenomenon is also invoked to explain resonant and near-resonant exoplanetary system structures. The early inward migration may
Simona Pirani, Alexander J. Mustill, Pirani, Simona, Anders Johansen, Mustill, Alexander J., Johansen, Anders   +5 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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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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The Inner Kernel of the Classical Kuiper Belt

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The “kernel” of the classical Kuiper Belt was discovered by Petit et al. as a visual overdensity of objects with low ecliptic inclinations and eccentricities at semimajor axes near ∼44 au.
Amir Siraj, Christopher F. Chyba, Scott Tremaine   +2 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 set ...
Schaller, E. L., M. E. Brown, Brown, M. E., Fraser, W. C., W. C. Fraser, E. L. Schaller   +5 more
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OSSOS. XXVI. On the Lack of Catastrophic Collisions in the Present Kuiper Belt

, 2022
We investigate different conditions, including the orbital and size-frequency distribution (SFD) of the early Kuiper Belt, that can trigger catastrophic planetesimal destruction.
Abedin, A.Y., Gwyn, S., Petit, Jean-Marc, Alexandersen, Mike, Bannister, M., Gladman, Brett, Chen, Y.-T., Gladman, B., Kavelaars, J.J., Alexandersen, M., Volk, K., Kavelaars, J., Petit, J.-M., Abedin, Abedin, Bannister, Michele, Gwyn, Stephen, Chen, Ying-Tung, Volk, Kathryn   +17 more
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Detection of Close Kuiper Belt Binaries with HST WFC3

The Planetary Science Journal
Binaries in the Kuiper Belt are common. Here we present our analysis of the Solar System Origins Legacy Survey (SSOLS) to show that using a point-spread function (PSF)-fitting method can roughly double the number of binaries identified in that data set ...
Simon B. Porter, Susan D. Benecchi, Anne J. Verbiscer, W. M. Grundy, Keith S. Noll, Alex H. Parker   +5 more
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Detecting a small Kuiper Belt object using archival data of HST's Fine Guidance Sensor [PDF]

, 2010
The Kuiper Belt is a remnant of the primordial Solar System. Measurements of its size distribution constrain its accretion and collisional history, and the importance of material strength of Kuiper Belt objects.
Livio, Mario, Mario Livio, Zucker, Shay, Hilke Schlichting, Schlichting, Hilke E., Sari, Re'em, Wenz, Mike, Nelan, Ed, Shay Zucker, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Mike Wenz, Avishay Gal-Yam, Ed Nelan, Ofek, Eran O., Eran Oded Ofek, Re'em Sari   +15 more
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The Thermal Structure and Composition of Jupiter's Great Red Spot From JWST/MIRI

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 129, Issue 10, October 2024.
Abstract Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) was mapped by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)/Mid‐Infrared Instrument (4.9–27.9 μ ${\upmu }$m) in July and August 2022. These observations took place alongside a suite of visual and infrared observations from; Hubble, JWST/NIRCam, Very Large Telescope/VISIR and amateur observers which provided both spatial ...
Jake Harkett, Leigh N. Fletcher, Oliver R. T. King, Michael T. Roman, Henrik Melin, Heidi B. Hammel, Ricardo Hueso, Agustín Sánchez‐Lavega, Michael H. Wong, Stefanie N. Milam, Glenn S. Orton, Katherine de Kleer, Patrick G. J. Irwin, Imke de Pater, Thierry Fouchet, Pablo Rodríguez‐Ovalle, Patrick M. Fry, Mark R. Showalter   +17 more
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