The Kuiper Belt: Overview

2003 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Jewitt
Keyword(s):  
Kuiper Belt

The evolution of the Kuiper belt during the formation of the outer planets

1999 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
M.D. Melita ◽  
A. Brunini
Keyword(s):  
Kuiper Belt ◽  
Outer Planets ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
Planetary Bodies ◽  
Mass Depletion

AbstractA self-consistent study of the formation of planetary bodies beyond the orbit of Saturn and the evolution of Kuiper disks is carried out by means of an N-body code where accretion and gravitational encounters are considered. This investigation is focused on the aggregation of massive bodies in the outer planetary region and on the consequences of such process in the corresponding cometary belt. We study the link between the bombardment of massive bodies and mass depletion and eccentricity excitation.

scholarly journals A statistical review of light curves and the prevalence of contact binaries in the Kuiper Belt

Icarus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 356 ◽  
pp. 114098
Author(s):  
Mark R. Showalter ◽  
Susan D. Benecchi ◽  
Marc W. Buie ◽  
William M. Grundy ◽  
James T. Keane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kuiper Belt ◽  
Light Curves ◽  
Statistical Review ◽  
Contact Binaries

Discovery of the candidate Kuiper belt object 1992 QB1

Nature ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 362 (6422) ◽  
pp. 730-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Jewitt ◽  
Jane Luu
Keyword(s):  
Kuiper Belt ◽  
Kuiper Belt Object

The Kuiper Belt as a Resonant Cavity

2003 ◽  
Vol 584 (1) ◽  
pp. L39-L42 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Kuiper Belt ◽  
Resonant Cavity

scholarly journals Evolution of the Kuiper Belt during the Accretion of the Outer Planets

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 214-218
Author(s):  
A. Brunini ◽  
M.D. Melita
Keyword(s):  
Kuiper Belt ◽  
Resonance Capture ◽  
Orbital Structure ◽  
Outer Planets ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Outward Migration

AbstractA set of self-consistent simulations of the formation of Uranus and Neptune are performed to study the evolution of the native KBOs in the process. Our main goal is to have a deeper understanding of the impact of the formation of the outer planets on the present orbital structure of the trans-neptunian region. We aim to understand if resonance capture driven by the outward migration of Neptune can actually occur and its interplay with the invasion of massive planetesimals expelled from the Uranus-Neptune region as a byproduct of their formation. Also the putative present existence in the Oort reservoir of a population of objects originated in the Kuiper belt is analyzed.

scholarly journals Comets

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1155-1156
Author(s):  
H.U. Keller
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Data Reduction ◽  
Kuiper Belt ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Open Time ◽  
Transneptunian Objects ◽  
Selection For

Comets, the most pristine members of our solar system, are faint at large heliocentric distances (rh > 3 au) and therefore difficult to observe. Data reduction of these faint objects (periodic comets) is time consuming and hence most often just preliminary results can be discussed. Only the orbits of short periodic comets can be predicted and most of those that have been accessible for ISO have been covered within the guaranteed time programme. About 10 proposals were accepted by the selection for open time proposals. A target of opportunity team was formed. The outstanding comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 01), one of the brightest and therefore most active comets of this century, was suggested and accepted as TOO. The important results from the ISO cometary programme are derived from its observations. In addition to the observations of "classic" comets the newly detected (Jewitt and Luu, 1993) transneptunian objects, probably objects from the Kuiper belt, are observed in an attempt to determine their physical properties.

scholarly journals All planetesimals born near the Kuiper belt formed as binaries

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley C. Fraser ◽  
Michele T. Bannister ◽  
Rosemary E. Pike ◽  
Michael Marsset ◽  
Megan E. Schwamb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kuiper Belt

U-Band Photometry of Kuiper Belt Objects

2007 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. 2046-2053 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Jewitt ◽  
Nuno Peixinho ◽  
Henry H. Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Kuiper Belt ◽  
Kuiper Belt Objects
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