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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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Photometric Survey of Neptune's Trojan Asteroids. I. The Color Distribution
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 In 2018, Jewitt identified the “The Trojan Color Conundrum,” namely that Neptune's Trojan asteroids (NTs) had no ultrared members, unlike the the nearby Kuiper Belt.
Larissa Markwardt +3 more
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What If Planet Nine Has Satellites?
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 In the past decade, numerical simulations started to reveal the possible existence of Planet Nine in our solar system. The Planet Nine scenario can provide an excellent explanation for the clustering in orbital elements for Kuiper Belt objects.
Man Ho Chan
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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.
Barkume +8 more
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The Properties and Origin of Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth's Large Mounds
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 We report on a study of the mounds that dominate the appearance of Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth's larger lobe, named Wenu. We compare the geological context of these mounds and measure and intercompare their shapes, sizes/orientations ...
S. A. Stern +13 more
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The Plane of the Kuiper Belt [PDF]
, 2004 We present a robust method for measuring the effective plane of the Kuiper belt. The derived plane has an inclination with respect to the ecliptic of 1º.86 and an ascending node of 81º.6, with a 1 σ error in pole position of the plane of 0º.37. The plane
Brown, Michael E., Pan, Margaret
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Chosen problems of terraforming Mars [PDF]
Przegląd Komunikacyjny: Consideration was given to creating an atmosphere on Mars that would enable people to stay on the surface of Mars without spacesuits. The source of matter for this atmosphere are bodies brought from the outer zones of the Solar System.
Leszek Czechowski
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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 +6 more
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Observational bias and the clustering of distant eccentric Kuiper belt objects [PDF]
, 2017 The hypothesis that a massive Planet Nine exists in the outer solar system on a distant eccentric orbit was inspired by observations showing that the objects with the most distant eccentric orbits in the Kuiper belt have orbits which are physically ...
Brown, Michael E.
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The Compositions of Kuiper Belt Objects [PDF]
, 2011 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 these objects were relegated to ...
Brown RH +3 more
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