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The Trojan-like Colors of Low-perihelion Kuiper Belt Objects [PDF]

The Planetary Science Journal
An important testable prediction of dynamical instability models for the early evolution of the solar system is that Jupiter Trojans share a source population with the Kuiper Belt.
Matthew Belyakov, Michael E. Brown, Alya Al-Kibbi   +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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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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Hiding Dust around ϵ Eridani

The Astronomical Journal, 2023
With a Jupiter-like exoplanet and a debris disk with both asteroid and Kuiper Belt analogs, ϵ Eridani has a fascinating resemblance to our expectations for a young solar system.
Schuyler Grace Wolff, András Gáspár, George H. Rieke, Nicholas Ballering, Marie Ygouf   +4 more
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Atmospheres and surfaces of small bodies and dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2010
Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) are icy relics orbiting the sun beyond Neptune left over from the planetary accretion disk. These bodies act as unique tracers of the chemical, thermal, and dynamical history of our solar system.
Schaller E.L.
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On nature of evolution of short-period comets. On the question of short-period comets evolution

Vestnik Samarskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tehničeskogo Universiteta. Seriâ: Fiziko-Matematičeskie Nauki, 2007
The main hypothesis of short-period comets evolution are considered. Basing on the performed researches we conclude that the main sources of short-period comets are: main asteroid belt, relict asteroid belts between giant planets and the Kuiper belt.
A. F. Zausaev, A. A. Zausaev
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Close Trans-Neptunian Object Passages as a Driver of the Origin and Evolution of Ultrawide Kuiper Belt Binaries

The Astronomical Journal, 2022
Within the dynamically cold low-inclination portion of the Classical Kuiper Belt, there exists a population of weakly bound binary systems with a number of unusual properties, most notable of which is their extremely wide orbital separations—beyond 7% of
Hunter M. Campbell, Lukas R. Stone, Nathan A. Kaib   +2 more
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Modified Newtonian Dynamics as an Alternative to the Planet Nine Hypothesis

The Astronomical Journal, 2023
A new class of Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) that lie beyond Neptune with semimajor axes greater than 250 astronomical units show orbital anomalies that have been interpreted as evidence for an undiscovered ninth planet.
Katherine Brown, Harsh Mathur
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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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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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