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In Situ Formation of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt

The Astrophysical Journal
Cold classical Kuiper Belt objects (CCKBOs) are considered first-generation planetesimals that formed 42–47 au from the Sun and have remained untouched since. Formation is thought to proceed by clumping of dust particles in protoplanetary disk gas by the
Rixin Li, Eugene Chiang
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A search for volatile ices on the surfaces of cold classical Kuiper Belt Objects [PDF]

, 2013
The surprisingly complex dynamical distribution of small bodies among and beyond the orbits of the planets has changed our understanding of Solar System evolution and planetary migration.
Wright, Daine Michael
core  

Limits on Stellar Flybys in the Solar Birth Cluster

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The orbits of small bodies in the outer solar system are particularly sensitive to gravitational perturbations, including stellar flybys. Stellar clusters, with low velocity dispersions and high number densities, can be the source of strong and frequent ...
Amir Siraj, Christopher F. Chyba, Scott Tremaine   +2 more
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Kuiper Belt formation via grainy planetary migration

We used N-body simulations to model the 4.5 Gyr orbital evolution of the early Kuiper Belt, incorporating a massive protoplanetary disc, the four giant planets, and 1500 primordial Pluto-class bodies ('Plutos') that drove Neptune's grainy migration.
Bernardinelli, Pedro, Lykawka, Patryk Sofia, Horner, Jonathan   +2 more
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The formation of Haumea and its family via binary merging. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2022
Proudfoot B, Ragozzine D.
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Photometry of Kuiper Belt Objects in Inner and Outer Mean Motion Resonances with Neptune

The Astronomical Journal
We present a time-resolved photometric survey of Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) trapped in the inner and outer Neptune resonances. Lightcurves and rotational properties provide constraints on the shapes, internal structures, collisional histories, and ...
Audrey Thirouin, Scott S. Sheppard
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QnAs with Renu Malhotra. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Ravindran S.
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Satellites of the largest Kuiper Belt objects [PDF]

, 2006
We have searched the four brightest objects in the Kuiper Belt for the presence of satellites using the newly commissioned Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics system.
Le Mignant, D., Wizinowich, P. L., Trujillo, C. A., Chin, J. C. Y., Rabinowitz, D. L., Johansson, E. M., Brown, M. E., Lafon, R. E., Campbell, R. D., Summers, D. M., Bouchez, A. H., Stomski, P. J., Jr., Conrad, A., van Dam, M. A., Hartman, S. K.   +14 more
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87th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2025: Abstracts

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 60, Issue S1, Page 30-350, August 2025.
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Spectroscopic identification of water emission from a main-belt comet. [PDF]

Nature, 2023
Kelley MSP, Hsieh HH, Bodewits D, Saki M, Villanueva GL, Milam SN, Hammel HB.   +6 more
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