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An introduction to the Kuiper Belt dynamics and collisional evolution

, 2010
The existence of an outer belt of small bodies in the Solar System has been inferred for long. Since the first direct observation of a Kuiper Belt Object in 1992, an intensive observational and modeling effort has been made to understand the origin and ...
S. Charnoz
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JWST Reveals the Kuiper Belt–like Compositions of the Uranian Rings and Small Moons

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
We present the JWST NIRSpec 1–5 μ m spectra of the Uranian rings and four ring moons: Puck, Perdita, Portia, and Juliet. We find that the compositions of the rings and moons strongly resemble water-type Kuiper Belt objects, showing deep 3.0 μ m O–H and ...
Matthew Belyakov, M. Ryleigh Davis, Zachariah Milby, Ian Wong, Michael E. Brown   +4 more
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OSSOS: X. How to Use a Survey Simulator: Statistical Testing of Dynamical Models Against the Real Kuiper Belt

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2018
All surveys include observational biases, which makes it impossible to directly compare properties of discovered trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) with dynamical models.
Samantha M. Lawler, J. J. Kavelaars, J. J. Kavelaars, Mike Alexandersen, Michele T. Bannister, Brett Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit, Cory Shankman, Cory Shankman   +8 more
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Thermal and Structural Reconstruction of an Eroded Foreland Basin: Central Appalachian Basin, USA

Basin Research, Volume 38, Issue 4, July–August 2026.
New low‐temperature thermochronology and modelling reveal a complex thermal history for the central Appalachian Basin. Results indicate Carboniferous exhumation of the fold‐thrust belt and Mesozoic heating in the foredeep linked to the Rome Trough. Deeply buried Devonian source rocks were consequently pushed past the peak oil and gas windows.
Kristopher L. Symanski, Magdalena Ellis Curry, Brandon Lutz, Paul O'Sullivan   +3 more
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The Inner Kernel of the Classical Kuiper Belt

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The “kernel” of the classical Kuiper Belt was discovered by Petit et al. as a visual overdensity of objects with low ecliptic inclinations and eccentricities at semimajor axes near ∼44 au.
Amir Siraj, Christopher F. Chyba, Scott Tremaine   +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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Morpho‐structural analysis of impact craters on Pluto: Implications for the study of complex craters

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 61, Issue 8, Page 1950-1964, August 2026.
Abstract We used Pluto's global digital elevation model to automatically perform a morphometric analysis of impact craters. Triangular irregular networks (TINs) were generated for each crater, providing a detailed representation of crater topography and enabling more accurate morpho‐structural analysis. A dedicated toolkit generated radial profiles for
N. de Campos, A. P. Crósta
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New Horizons Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter Observes Higher than Expected Fluxes Approaching 60 au

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The NASA New Horizons Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter (SDC) measures dust particle impacts along the spacecraft’s flight path for grains with mass ≥10 ^−12 g, mapping out their spatial density distribution.
Alex Doner, Mihály Horányi, Fran Bagenal, Pontus Brandt, Will Grundy, Carey Lisse, Joel Parker, Andrew R. Poppe, Kelsi N. Singer, S. Alan Stern, Anne Verbiscer   +10 more
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Modelling boron ion implantation into astrophysical ice analogues [PDF]

EPJ Web of Conferences
Energetic boron ions produced through cosmic-ray spallation may interact with icy bodies in the outer Solar System, including Kuiper Belt objects, where H2O-, CO-, and CO2-rich ices are exposed to long-term irradiation.
Prieto-García Cinthya K., Herczku Péter, Juhász Zoltán, Sulik Béla, Mason Nigel J., Jiménez-Halla J. Oscar C., Fantuzzi Felipe, Quitián-Lara Heidy M.   +7 more
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Size and albedo of Kuiper belt object 55636 from a stellar occultation

, 2010
The Kuiper belt is a collection of small bodies (Kuiper belt objects, KBOs) that lie beyond the orbit of Neptune and which are believed to have formed contemporaneously with the planets.
Lockhart, M, Kakkala, M., Levine, S, Zangari, A.M., Grigsby, B., M. J. Person, DuPré, K., Ryan, W. H., E. R. Adams, J. Wolf, G. Jacobson, A. A. S. Gulbis, Rapoport, Sharon, E. W. Dunham, Zangari, A. M., Mattingly, A., Pasachoff, J.M., Zuluaga, C.A., Zuluaga, C. A., Lockhart, M., Sheppard, S.S., Zangari, A, A. S. Bosh, Berger, B., Ragozzine, D., Person, M.J., E. V. Ryan, Ryan, W.H., Michel, R., Bosh, A.S., L. Bright, Ryan, E.V., Briggs, J. W., Gilmore, A., W. Rosing, B. A. Babcock, Babcock, B.A., Bosh, A S, Wolf, J., Elliot, J, B. Volz, J. M. Pasachoff, A. Mattingly, Adams, E. R., A. M. Zangari, Jacobson, G., S. S. Sheppard, Gulbis, A. A. S., M. Kakkala, Brucker, M., N. Secrest, Secrest, N., K. DuPré, Tilleman, T., Levine, S.E., Montano, H.G., Briggs, J.W., A. W. Meyer, R. Michel, Adams, E.R., J. Brimacombe, Valleli, P., Rapoport, S., Person, M, S. E. Levine, P. Valleli, Brothers, T.C., Souza, S. P., C. A. Zuluaga, Montano, H. G., Brothers, T. C., Bright, L., Bosh, A. S., Brothers, T C, Dunham, E.W., Rosing, W., A. Gilmore, J. W. Briggs, Meyer, A. W., Dunham, E. W., Zambrano-Marin, L., B. Grigsby, T. Tilleman, Pasachoff, J. M., Hart, R., R. Hart, M. Lockhart, B. Berger, Morzinski, K., Volz, B., Meyer, A.W., Person, M. J., K. Morzinski, S. P. Souza, Babcock, B. A., Souza, S.P., H. G. Montano, Sheppard, S. S., S. Rapoport, L. Zambrano-Marin, Levine, S. E., T. C. Brothers, M. Brucker, Ryan, E. V., W. H. Ryan, Elliot, J.L., Brimacombe, J., J. L. Elliot, Gulbis, A.A.S., D. Ragozzine, Elliot, J. L.   +110 more
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