Using the density of Kuiper Belt Objects to constrain their composition and formation history. [PDF]
Bierson CJ, Nimmo F.
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Grounded Cognition Entails Linguistic Relativity: A Neglected Implication of a Major Semantic Theory
Abstract According to the popular Grounded Cognition Model (GCM), the sensory and motor features of concepts, including word meanings, are stored directly within neural systems for perception and action. More precisely, the core claim is that these concrete conceptual features reuse some of the same modality‐specific representations that serve to ...
David Kemmerer
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Abstract The five large moons of Uranus are important targets for future spacecraft missions. To motivate and inform the exploration of these moons, we model their internal evolution, present‐day physical structures, and geochemical and geophysical signatures that may be measured by spacecraft.
Julie Castillo‐Rogez +7 more
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A Climatology of Long‐Duration High 2‐MeV Electron Flux Periods in the Outer Radiation Belt
Abstract Since the advent of the Space Age, the importance of understanding and forecasting relativistic electron fluxes in the Earth’s radiation belts has been steadily growing due to the threat that such particles pose to satellite electronics. Here, we provide a model of long‐duration periods of high time‐integrated 2‐MeV electron flux deep inside ...
D. Mourenas +3 more
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Ceres’ Broad‐Scale Surface Geomorphology Largely Due To Asymmetric Internal Convection
Abstract While we now know much about the volatile‐rich world of Ceres from the Dawn mission, the deep interior remains something of an enigma, shrouded by a crust composed of water ice, carbonates, phyllosilicates, salts and clathrate hydrates. While smaller than most active moons or planets, Ceres has many features commonly associated with active ...
Scott D. King +6 more
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The Geophysical Environment of (486958) Arrokoth—A Small Kuiper Belt Object Explored by New Horizons
Abstract NASA's New Horizons mission performed the first flyby of a small Kuiper Belt Object (KBO), (486958) Arrokoth on 1 January 2019. The fast flyby revealed a fascinating, flattened, contact binary replete with a variety of unexpected geologic terrains.
James T. Keane +22 more
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Abundance and importance of petrological type 1 chondritic material
Abstract We review the mineralogy, petrology, and abundance of petrological type 1 extraterrestrial material. Such material has been completely altered by aqueous processing on its parent bodies. As well as the four meteorite groups that contain type 1 members (CI, CM, CR, and CY), we summarize data from the 2019 fall Flensburg and a recent reanalysis ...
Sara S. Russell +2 more
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The Generation of the Distant Kuiper Belt by Planet Nine from an Initially Broad Perihelion Distribution [PDF]
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]
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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Orbital clustering of distant Kuiper belt objects by hypothetical Planet 9. Secular or resonant? [PDF]
Accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics ...
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