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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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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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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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Kuiper belts around nearby stars [PDF]
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010 15 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & ...
Nilsson, R. +12 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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Kuiper belt: Formation and evolution [PDF]
, 2020 Review chapter to be published in the book "The Transneptunian Solar System", Dina Prialnik, Maria Antonietta Barucci, Leslie Young Eds ...
Morbidelli, Alessandro, Nesvorný, David
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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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Symposium - International Astronomical Union, 1994 The existence of a belt of comets in the outer solar system (the “Kuiper belt”) has been postulated for a variety of reasons, including the need for a source for the short-period comets. The existence of the belt seems supported by the discoveries of the trans-Neptunian objects 1992 QB1, 1993 FW, 1993 RO, 1993 RP, 1993 SB, and 1993 SC. If these objects
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Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 2018 The Kuiper belt includes tens of thousands of large bodies and millions of smaller objects. The main part of the belt objects is located in the annular zone between 39.4 au and 47.8 au from the Sun, the boundaries correspond to the average distances for orbital resonances 3:2 and 2:1 with the motion of Neptune.
Pitjeva, E. V., Pitjev, N. P.
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