Resonant Kuiper belt objects: a review [PDF]
Geoscience Letters, 2019 Our understanding of the history of the solar system has undergone a revolution in recent years, owing to new theoretical insights into the origin of Pluto and the discovery of the Kuiper belt and its rich dynamical structure.
Renu Malhotra
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Col-OSSOS: The Distribution of Surface Classes in Neptune's Resonances
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 The distribution of surface classes of resonant trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) provides constraints on the protoplanetesimal disk and giant planet migration.
Rosemary E. Pike +11 more
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A Dynamical Survey of the Trans-Neptunian Region. I. Mean-motion Resonances with Neptune
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023 In this paper, we present a large-scale dynamical survey of the trans-Neptunian region, with particular attention to mean-motion resonances (MMRs). We study a set of 4121 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), a sample far larger than in previous works.
E. Forgács-Dajka +4 more
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Is There an Earth-like Planet in the Distant Kuiper Belt?
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 The orbits of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) can indicate the existence of an undiscovered planet in the outer solar system. Here we used N -body computer simulations to investigate the effects of a hypothetical Kuiper Belt planet (KBP) on the orbital ...
Patryk Sofia Lykawka, Takashi Ito
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Dynamical determination of the Kuiper Belt's mass from motions of the inner planets of the Solar System [PDF]
, 2006 In this paper we dynamically determine the mass of the Kuiper Belt Objects by exploiting the latest observational determinations of the orbital motions of the inner planets of the Solar System.
Anderson +26 more
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On the Size-Dependence of the Inclination Distribution of the Main Kuiper Belt [PDF]
, 2000 We present a new analysis of the currently available orbital elements for the known Kuiper belt objects. In the non-resonant, main Kuiper belt we find a statistically significant relationship between an object's absolute magnitude (H) and its inclination
Harold F. Levison +2 more
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The Generation of the Distant Kuiper Belt by Planet Nine from an Initially Broad Perihelion Distribution [PDF]
, 2018 The observation that the orbits of long-period Kuiper Belt objects are anomalously clustered in physical space has recently prompted the Planet Nine hypothesis - the proposed existence of a distant and eccentric planetary member of our solar system ...
Batygin, Konstantin +2 more
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The Hubble Wide Field Camera 3 Test of Surfaces in the Outer Solar System: The Compositional Classes of the Kuiper Belt [PDF]
, 2012 We present the first results of the Hubble Wide Field Camera 3 Test of Surfaces in the Outer Solar System (H/WTSOSS). The purpose of this survey was to measure the surface properties of a large number of Kuiper belt objects and attempt to infer ...
Brown, M. E., Fraser, W. C.
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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
Brown, Michael E., Pan, Margaret
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Candidate Members and Age Estimate of the Family of Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61 [PDF]
, 2007 The collisional family of Kuiper belt object (KBO) 2003 EL61 opens the possibility for many interesting new studies of processes important in the formation and evolution of the outer solar system. As the first family in the Kuiper belt, it can be studied
D. Ragozzine, M. E. Brown, Noll K.
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