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The Inclination Distribution of the Kuiper Belt [PDF]
, 2001 We develop a general method for determining the unbiased inclination distribution of the Kuiper belt using only the inclination and latitude of discovery of known Kuiper belt objects (KBOs).
Brown, Michael E.
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OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES TO KUIPER BELT OBJECTS
Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, 2019 The present paper searches for transfers from the Earth to three of the Kuiper Belt Objects (KBO): Haumea, Makemake, and Quaoar. These trajectories are obtained considering different possibilities of intermediate planet gravity assists. The model is based on the “patched-conics” approach.
D. M. Sanchez +2 more
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Kuiper Belt Object Orbiter Using Advanced Radioisotope Power Sources and Electric Propulsion [PDF]
, 2011 A joint NASA GRC/JPL design study was performed for the NASA Radioisotope Power Systems Office to explore the use of radioisotope electric propulsion for flagship class missions.
Drexler, Jon +7 more
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, 2000 . Our current knowledge of the dynamical structure of the Kuiper Belt is reviewed here. Numeri-cal results on long term orbital evolution and dynamical mechanisms underlying the transport of objects out of the Kuiper Belt are discussed.
Martin Duncan +2 more
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The Plane of the Kuiper Belt [PDF]
, 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
Pan, Margaret, Brown, Michael E.
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The Kuiper belt size distribution: constraints on accretion. [PDF]
, 2010 The Kuiper belt is a population of planetesimals outside the orbit of Neptune. The high inclinations and eccentricities exhibited by many belt members, and its very low mass (M 0.1M) present an enigma to planetesimal accretion scenarios: the high ...
Fraser, Wesley Christopher
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The state of knowledge concerning the Kuiper belt [PDF]
, 1992 The arguments for and against the idea that most short-period comets originate in the Kuiper belt are discussed. Observational constraints on the distribution of mass in the Kuiper belt are reviewed as well as a model of the physical conditions that now ...
Levison, Harold F.
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On the Dynamics of Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects
, 2007 published in the proceedings of the 9th APRIM ...
Jiang, Ing-Guey, Yeh, Li-Chin
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Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU_(69), a small Kuiper Belt object
, 2019 After flying past Pluto in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft shifted course to encounter (486958) 2014 MU_(69), a much smaller body about 30 kilometers in diameter.
Keane, J. T., Stern, S. A.
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Discovery of a Planetary-sized Object in the Scattered Kuiper Belt [PDF]
, 2005 We present the discovery and initial physical and dynamical characterization of the object 2003 UB313. The object is sufficiently bright that for all reasonable values of the albedo it is certain to be larger than Pluto. Prediscovery observations back to
Brown, M. E. +2 more
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