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Endogenically sourced volatiles on Charon and other Kuiper belt objects [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 We show cryovolcanic eruptions released sufficient methane to source volatile products on Charon. Irradiated methane products are found on other Kuiper belt objects, so endogenically sourced volatiles could be important across the Kuiper belt.
Stephanie M. Menten +2 more
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Resonant Kuiper belt objects: a review [PDF]
Geoscience Letters, 2019 Our understanding of the history of the solar system has undergone a revolution in recent years, owing to new theoretical insights into the origin of Pluto and the discovery of the Kuiper belt and its rich dynamical structure.
Renu Malhotra
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The formation of Haumea and its family via binary merging [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 Formation of the Haumea family, the only collisional group of icy bodies in the Kuiper Belt, is debated. Here, the authors show that Haumea family can be explained as a results of binary merging near the end of Neptune’s orbital migration.
Benjamin Proudfoot, Darin Ragozzine
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Not a simple relationship between Neptune's migration speed and Kuiper belt inclination excitation. [PDF]
Astron J, 2019 Volk K, Malhotra R.
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In Situ Formation of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt
The Astrophysical JournalCold 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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Impact craters on Pluto and Charon indicate a deficit of small Kuiper belt objects [PDF]
Science, 2019 Kelsi N Singer +2 more
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Col-OSSOS: Investigating the Origins of Different Surfaces in the Primordial Kuiper Belt [PDF]
The Planetary Science JournalThe Colours of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (Col-OSSOS) measured the optical/near-IR colors of a brightness-complete sample of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).
Laura E. Buchanan +14 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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Is There an Earth-like Planet in the Distant Kuiper Belt?
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 The orbits of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) can indicate the existence of an undiscovered planet in the outer solar system. Here we used N -body computer simulations to investigate the effects of a hypothetical Kuiper Belt planet (KBP) on the orbital ...
Patryk Sofia Lykawka, Takashi Ito
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The State of CO and CO2 Ices in the Kuiper Belt as Seen by JWST
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 JWST has shown that CO _2 and CO are common on the surfaces of objects in the Kuiper Belt and have apparent surface coverages even higher than that of water ice, though water ice is expected to be significantly more abundant in the bulk composition ...
Michael E. Brown, Wesley C. Fraser
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