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The Kuiper Belt and its Primordial Sculpting

, 2003
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 ...
Brown, M. E., Morbidelli, A., Levison, H. F.   +2 more
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The Kuiper belt size distribution: constraints on accretion. [PDF]

, 2010
The Kuiper belt is a population of planetesimals outside the orbit of Neptune. The high inclinations and eccentricities exhibited by many belt members, and its very low mass (M 0.1M) present an enigma to planetesimal accretion scenarios: the high ...
Fraser, Wesley Christopher
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THE SURFACE COMPOSITION OF LARGE KUIPER BELT OBJECT 2007 OR10 [PDF]

, 2011
We present photometry and spectra of the large Kuiper belt object 2007 OR10. The data show significant near-infrared absorption features due to water ice.
Brown, M. E., Fraser, W. C., M. E. Brown, Burgasser, Adam J., W. C. Fraser, A. J. Burgasser, Burgasser, A. J.   +6 more
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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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From Kuiper Belt Object To Cometary Nucleus

, 2007
We now realise that many small body populations are related through a common origin in the Kuiper Belt, notably the Centaurs, the Jupiter Family Comets and certain dead-comets.
David Jewitt Institute, David Jewitt
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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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Determining The Plane of The Kuiper Belt with OSSOS

, 2017
International audienceWe present the OSSOS-based measurement of the semi-major axes dependent orientation of the Kuiper Belt plane. A Kuiper Belt object's (KBO's) inclination can be broken down into a forced component and a free component.
Gladman, Brett, van Laerhoven, Christa L., Kavelaars, J. J., van Laerhoven, Christa, Petit, Jean-Marc, C., Volk, Kathryn   +5 more
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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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Machine Learning Classification of Kuiper Belt Populations. [PDF]

Mon Not R Astron Soc, 2020
Smullen RA, Volk K.
europepmc   +1 more source