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The thermal emission of Kuiper Belt objects

Planetary and Space Science, 1997
Abstract A thermophysical model, previously used to compute the surface temperature distribution of spherical asteroids taking into account thermal inertia and rotational characteristics, has been developed to incorporate tri-axial ellipsoidal geometry and arbitrary spin axis orientation.
Thomas, Nicolas, Fitzsimmons, Alan, Ip, Wing Huen   +2 more
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KUIPER BELT OBJECTS

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1999
▪ Abstract  The region of the solar system immediately beyond Neptune's orbit is densely populated with small bodies. This region, known as the Kuiper Belt, consists of objects that may predate Neptune, the orbits of which provide a fossil record of processes operative in the young solar system. The Kuiper Belt contains some of the Solar System's most
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Centaur Objects and Kuiper Belt Objects

1998
Abstract By the end of 1996, six small bodies orbiting the Sun with semi major axes between those of Jupiter and Neptune became known as Centaur Objects. The first Centaur object discovered was (2060) Chiron. Initially classified as an asteroid with an unusual orbit, Chiron later was designated a comet, after it exhibited cometary ...
Katharina Lodders, Bruce Fegley
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Spectrophotometric Observations of Edgeworth–Kuiper Belt Objects

Icarus, 1999
Abstract The Edgeworth–Kuiper Belt (EKB) objects are fossil remnants of the formation of the Solar System and they represent an important reservoir of primordial, thermally unprocessed material. The study of these objects has rapidly evolved in the last few years.
BARUCCI M. A., DORESSOUNDIRAM A., THOLEN D., FULCHIGNONI M., LAZZARIN, MONICA   +4 more
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The Color Diversity of Kuiper Belt Objects

2023
Objects in the Kuiper Belt exhibit the reddest known surfaces and reveal a wider range of colors than any other Solar System population. The origin of this extraordinary color diversity is unknown, but likely the result of the prolonged irradiation of organic materials by Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs).
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Are Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Objects Pristine?

Science, 1996
Comets are thought to represent matter from the earliest times of the solar system. In his Perspective, Yamamoto discusses calculations by Farinella and Davis ( p. 938 ) that cast doubt on whether comets are actually pristine fossils.
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Kuiper Belt Object

2023
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Discovery of the candidate Kuiper belt object 1992 QB1

Nature, 1993
D. Jewitt, J. Luu
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The wide-binary origin of (2014) MU69-like Kuiper belt contact binaries

Nature, 2020
Evgeni Grishin, Christoph Schaefer, Hagai Perets   +2 more
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Kuiper Belt Object

2011
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