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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 Radial Distribution of the Kuiper Belt [PDF]
, 2001 We examine the radial distribution of the Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) using a method that is insensitive to observational bias effects. This technique allows the use of the discovery distances of all KBOs, independent of orbital classification or ...
Brown, Michael E., Trujillo, Chadwick A.
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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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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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Chaotic Diffusion of Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects [PDF]
The Astronomical Journal, 2008 We carried out extensive numerical orbit integrations to probe the long-term chaotic dynamics of the two strongest mean motion resonances of Neptune in the Kuiper belt, the 3:2 (Plutinos) and 2:1 (Twotinos). Our primary results include a computation of the relative volumes of phase space characterized by large- and small-resonance libration amplitudes,
Matthew S. Tiscareno, Renu Malhotra
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Colors of Inner Disk Classical Kuiper Belt Objects [PDF]
, 2010 We present new optical broadband colors, obtained with the Keck 1 and Vatican Advanced Technology telescopes, for six objects in the inner classical Kuiper Belt.
Alder +16 more
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Dynamical determination of the Kuiper Belt's mass from motions of the inner planets of the Solar System [PDF]
, 2006 In this paper we dynamically determine the mass of the Kuiper Belt Objects by exploiting the latest observational determinations of the orbital motions of the inner planets of the Solar System.
Anderson +26 more
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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 +4 more
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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 +33 more
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