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A hypothesis for the color diversity of the Kuiper belt [PDF]

, 2011
We propose a chemical and dynamical process to explain the surface colors of the Kuiper belt. In our hypothesis, the initial bulk compositions of the bodies themselves can be quite diverse -- as is seen in comets -- but the early surface compositions are
Andronico, Batygin, Bergin, Bockelée-Morvan, Brown, Brunetto, Dello Russo, Doressoundiram, Hudson, Jewitt, Levison, Morbidelli, Nesvorný, Schaller, Schaller, Stansberry, Stern, Tegler, Trujillo   +18 more
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CHAOTIC DIFFUSION OF RESONANT KUIPER BELT OBJECTS [PDF]

The Astronomical Journal, 2009
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,
Tiscareno, Matthew S., Malhotra, Renu
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The Surfaces of Small to Midsize Plutinos: Evidence of an Association between Inclination and Surface Type

The Planetary Science Journal
Being one of the most populated mean motion resonances (MMRs) with Neptune and lying close to the inner boundary of the present-day cold classical disk, observations of the orbital and surface class distributions of the plutinos in the 3:2 MMR provide ...
Cameron Collyer, Rosemary E. Pike, Ying-Tung Chen, Mike Alexandersen, Mark Comte, Samantha M. Lawler, Bryan J. Holler, J. J. Kavelaars, Lowell Peltier   +8 more
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The Formation of the Collisional Family around the Dwarf Planet Haumea

, 2010
Haumea, a rapidly rotating elongated dwarf planet (~ 1500 km in diameter), has two satellites and is associated with a "family" of several smaller Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) in similar orbits.
Brown, Brown, Crawford, Gingold, Lacerda, Lacerda, Leinhardt, Levison, Lockwood, Marcus, McKinnon, McKinnon, Morbidelli, Noll, Rabinowitz, Rabinowitz, Ragozzine, Ragozzine, Robert A. Marcus, Sarah T. Stewart, Schaller, Schaller, Schlichting, Stansberry, Stewart, Trujillo, Zoë M. Leinhardt   +26 more
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Nomenclature in Kuiper Belt [PDF]

Highlights of Astronomy, 2002
AbstractGiven the advances in our understanding of the dynamical structure in the Kuiper Belt since 1990, this paper re-examines nomenclature issues regarding dynamical structures in the belt.
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INCLINATION MIXING IN THE CLASSICAL KUIPER BELT [PDF]

The Astrophysical Journal, 2011
We investigate the long-term evolution of the inclinations of the known classical and resonant Kuiper belt objects (KBOs). This is partially motivated by the observed bimodal inclination distribution and by the putative physical differences between the low- and high-inclination populations.
Volk, Kathryn, Malhotra, Renu
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Reassessing the Relationship Between Meteor Radio Afterglows and Optical Persistent Trains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 130, Issue 9, September 2025.
Abstract Meteor radio afterglows (MRAs) and optical persistent trains (PTs) are two types of long‐lived phenomena which are occasionally observed following the occurrence of a meteor. Both phenomena are thought to be produced by intrinsic emission mechanisms; PTs have been associated with chemiluminescent reactions between meteoric metals and ...
L. E. Cordonnier, K. S. Obenberger, G. B. Taylor, J. M. Holmes, J. Dowell, D. Vida   +5 more
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Nearby Supernova and Cloud Crossing Effects on the Orbits of Small Bodies in the Solar System

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Supernova (SN) blasts envelop many surrounding stellar systems, transferring kinetic energy to small bodies in the systems. Geologic evidence from ^60 Fe points to recent nearby SN activity within the past several Myr.
Leeanne Smith, Jesse A. Miller, Brian D. Fields   +2 more
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Euclid ASTEROSEISMOLOGY AND KUIPER BELT OBJECTS

Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society, 2016
Euclid, which is primarily a dark-energy/cosmology mission, may have a microlensing component, consisting of perhaps four dedicated one-month campaigns aimed at the Galactic bulge. We show that such a program would yield excellent auxilliary science, including asteroseimology detections for about 100,000 giant stars, and detection of about 1000 Kuiper ...
Gould, Andrew, Huber, Daniel, Stello, Dennis   +2 more
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Quantitative Provenance Analysis of the Yangtze and Yellow River Sediments Through Detrital Zircon U‐Pb Geochronology Using an XGBoost Machine Learning Algorithm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2025.
Abstract Over the past two decades, a large number of zircon U‐Pb ages from the Yangtze and Yellow River Basins have been published, yet distinguishing the sources of sediment between these regions remains challenging. Issues related to sampling, analytical methods, and biases complicate the interpretation of detrital zircon geochronology.
X. T. Huang, Y. L. Guo, P. Wang, S. V. Hohl, X. L. Zhao, Y. L. Li, S. Y. Yang   +6 more
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