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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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Kuiper Binary Object Formation
, 2005 It has been observed that binary Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) exist contrary to theoretical expectations. Their creation presents problems to most current models.
Altenhoff +16 more
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Population of the Scattered Kuiper Belt [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2000 15 pages, 3 ...
Trujillo, C. A. +2 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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Destruction of Binary Minor Planets During Neptune Scattering
, 2010 The existence of extremely wide binaries in the low-inclination component of the Kuiper Belt provides a unique handle on the dynamical history of this population. Some popular frameworks of the formation of the Kuiper Belt suggest that planetesimals were
Collins +6 more
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The Kuiper Belt Luminosity Function from m(R)=21 to 26 [PDF]
, 2008 We have performed an ecliptic imaging survey of the Kuiper belt with our deepest and widest field achieving a limiting flux of m(g') = 26.4, with a sky coverage of 3.0 square-degrees.
Fraser, W. C. +8 more
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A Correlation Between Inclination and Color in the Classical Kuiper Belt [PDF]
, 2002 We have measured broadband optical BVR photometry of 24 Classical and Scattered Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), approximately doubling the published sample of colors for these classes of objects. We find a statistically significant correlation between object
Burkhardt G. +2 more
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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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Satellites of the largest Kuiper Belt objects [PDF]
, 2006 We have searched the four brightest objects in the Kuiper Belt for the presence of satellites using the newly commissioned Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics system.
Bouchez, A. H. +14 more
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