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Nomenclature in Kuiper Belt [PDF]

Highlights of Astronomy, 2002
AbstractGiven the advances in our understanding of the dynamical structure in the Kuiper Belt since 1990, this paper re-examines nomenclature issues regarding dynamical structures in the belt.
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Occultations by Kuiper belt objects.

, 1997
Objects in the Kuiper belt are small and far away thus difficult to study in detail even with the best telescopes available at earth. For much of the early history of the Kuiper belt, studies of the compositions of the objects were relegated to ...
Michael E Brown
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Exploring the Kuiper Belt: Design of trajectories for long-term Kuiper Belt exploration

, 2020
Previous trajectory proposals with the purpose of exploring the Kuiper Belt have been limited to identifying trajectories to fly by a single pre-selected Kuiper Belt Object (KBO).
van der Heyden, Laurens (author)
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THE KUIPER BELT AND ITS PRIMORDIAL SCULPTING

, 2008
. We discuss the structure of the Kuiper belt as it can be inferred from the first decade of observations. In particular, we focus on its most intriguing properties – the mass deficit, inclination distribution, the apparent existence of an outer edge and
M. E. Brown, A. Morbidelli
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Dynamics of the Kuiper Belt

, 1999
Our current knowledge of the dynamical structure of the Kuiper Belt is reviewed here. Numerical results on long term orbital evolution and dynamical mechanisms underlying the transport of objects out of the Kuiper Belt are discussed. Scenarios about the origin of the highly non-uniform orbital distribution of Kuiper Belt objects are described, as well ...
Malhotra, R., Duncan, M., Levison, H.
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Detection of Methane on Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar

, 2006
The near-infrared spectrum of (50000) Quaoar obtained at the Keck Observatory shows distinct absorption features of crystalline water ice, solid methane and ethane, and possibly other higher order hydrocarbons. Quaoar is only the fifth Kuiper belt object
M. E. Brown, E. L. Schaller
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The New Horizons Extended Mission Target: Arrokoth Search and Discovery

The Planetary Science Journal
Following the Pluto flyby of the New Horizons spacecraft, the mission provided a unique opportunity to explore the Kuiper Belt in situ. The possibility existed to fly by a Kuiper Belt object (KBO), as well as to observe additional objects at distances ...
Marc W. Buie, John R. Spencer, Simon B. Porter, Susan D. Benecchi, Alex H. Parker, S. Alan Stern, Michael Belton, Richard P. Binzel, David Borncamp, Francesca DeMeo, S. Fabbro, Cesar Fuentes, Hisanori Furusawa, Tetsuharu Fuse, Pamela L. Gay, Stephen Gwyn, Matthew J. Holman, H. Karoji, J. J. Kavelaars, Daisuke Kinoshita, Satoshi Miyazaki, Matt Mountain, Keith S. Noll, David J. Osip, Jean-Marc Petit, Neill I. Reid, Scott S. Sheppard, Mark Showalter, Andrew J. Steffl, Ray E. Sterner, Akito Tajitsu, David J. Tholen, David E. Trilling, Harold A. Weaver, Anne J. Verbiscer, Lawrence H. Wasserman, Takuji Yamashita, Toshifumi Yanagisawa, Fumi Yoshida, Amanda M. Zangari   +39 more
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Machine Learning Classification of Kuiper Belt Populations. [PDF]

Mon Not R Astron Soc, 2020
Smullen RA, Volk K.
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Saturnian Irregular Satellites as a Probe of Kuiper Belt Surface Evolution

The Planetary Science Journal
We present the JWST NIRSpec PRISM 0.7–5.3 μ m spectra of Albiorix and Siarnaq and the NIRSpec G235H/G395M 1.7–5.3 μ m spectra of Phoebe, the three largest Saturnian irregular satellites.
Matthew Belyakov, Michael E. Brown
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Observational limits on a distant cold Kuiper belt

, 2002
Almost all the more than 500 known Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) have been discovered within 50 AU of the Sun. One possible explanation for the observed lack of KBOs beyond 50 AU is that the distant Kuiper belt is dynamically very cold and thus thin enough ...
R L Allen, R Malhotra, G M Bernstein
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