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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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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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Modified Newtonian Dynamics as an Alternative to the Planet Nine Hypothesis
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 A new class of Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) that lie beyond Neptune with semimajor axes greater than 250 astronomical units show orbital anomalies that have been interpreted as evidence for an undiscovered ninth planet.
Katherine Brown, Harsh Mathur
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The Astronomical Journal, 2022 Within the dynamically cold low-inclination portion of the Classical Kuiper Belt, there exists a population of weakly bound binary systems with a number of unusual properties, most notable of which is their extremely wide orbital separations—beyond 7% of
Hunter M. Campbell +2 more
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The Kuiper Belt and Olbers's Paradox
The Astrophysical Journal, 2001 4 pages and 2 figures; submitted to Astrophysical Journal ...
Kenyon, Scott J., Windhorst, Rogier A.
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Col-OSSOS: The Two Types of Kuiper Belt Surfaces
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 The Colors of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (Col-OSSOS) has gathered a high-quality, near-simultaneous, and brightness-complete sample of ( g − r ) and ( r − J ) colors for 102 Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) with ( u − g ) and ( r − z ) gathered for ...
Wesley C. Fraser +14 more
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Earth and Planetary Physics, 2022 A first-order question in the studies of the Solar System is how its outer zone known as the Kuiper belt was created and evolved. Two end-member models, involving coagulation vs. streaming instability, make different predictions—testable by the cratering
HanZhang Chen, An Yin
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The Trojan-like Colors of Low-perihelion Kuiper Belt Objects
The Planetary Science JournalAn important testable prediction of dynamical instability models for the early evolution of the solar system is that Jupiter Trojans share a source population with the Kuiper Belt.
Matthew Belyakov +2 more
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The Plane of the Kuiper Belt [PDF]
The Astronomical Journal, 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 of the Kuiper belt is inconsistent with the invariable plane, the plane of Jupiter, and the plane ...
Brown, Michael E., Pan, Margaret
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