Positions of the secular resonances in the primordial Kuiper Belt disk
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113417
Abstract: Abstract The dynamically hot and cold populations of the Kuiper Belt probably formed from two distinct regions of the Solar System. The former originated from a massive planetesimal disk extending from the primordial position of… read more here.
Keywords: planetesimal disk; disk; positions secular; kuiper belt ... See more keywords
Origins of pits and troughs and degradation on a small primitive planetesimal in the Kuiper Belt: high-resolution topography of (486958) Arrokoth (aka 2014 MU69) from New Horizons
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113834
Abstract: Abstract The dominant topographic features on two-lobed Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth (provisionally designated 2014 MU69) are scattered, small, circular depressions or pits up to ~1.0 km across and curvilinear troughs observed near the terminator during… read more here.
Keywords: topography; new horizons; 486958 arrokoth; kuiper belt ... See more keywords
The fate of planetesimal discs in young open clusters: implications for 1I/’Oumuamua, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud, and more
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1069
Abstract: We perform N-body simulations of the early phases of open cluster evolution including a large population of planetesimals, initially arranged in Kuiper-belt like discs around each star. Using a new, fourth-order, and time-reversible N-body code… read more here.
Keywords: fate planetesimal; planetesimal discs; kuiper belt; discs young ... See more keywords
Processing of methane and acetylene ices by galactic cosmic rays and implications to the color diversity of Kuiper Belt objects.
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg6936
Abstract: Kuiper Belt objects exhibit a wider color range than any other solar system population. The origin of this color diversity is unknown, but likely the result of the prolonged irradiation of organic materials by galactic… read more here.
Keywords: belt objects; color diversity; cosmic rays; belt ... See more keywords
Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt object
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DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw9771
Abstract: New Horizons flies past MU69 After flying past Pluto in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft shifted course to encounter (486958) 2014 MU69, a much smaller body about 30 kilometers in diameter. MU69 is part of… read more here.
Keywords: new horizons; kuiper belt; mu69; belt object ... See more keywords