Encyclopedia of the Solar System 2nd ed

600 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Heliocentric distance (AU) 0102030 1 10 100 FIGURE 8 The surface number density (on the pla ...

Kuiper Belt: Dynamics 601 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0 10 20 30 35 40 45 50 0 50 100 150 a (AU) 4:3 3:2 5:3 2:1 FIGURE 9 Final distributi ...

602 Encyclopedia of the Solar System As Neptune moved through the disk on a quasi-circular orbit, it scattered the planetesimals ...

Kuiper Belt: Dynamics 603 FIGURE 10 The distribution of semimajor axes and eccentricities in the Kuiper Belt. Left panel: Result ...

604 Encyclopedia of the Solar System It has been argued that the explanation of the most important observed properties of the tr ...

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606 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 1 The diameter of Pluto (2302 km) and its moon Charon (1186 km) in comparison to the ...

Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies 607 FIGURE 3 The motion of a Solar System object relative to the background stars and gala ...

608 Encyclopedia of the Solar System interconnections between the classes. A thorough discus- sion of KBO dynamics can be found ...

Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies 609 between absolute magnitude, Hv, and apparent magnitude, V, is given by Hv=V−5 log(r)+ ...

610 Encyclopedia of the Solar System TABLE 2 KBO Magnitudes, Albedos, and Diameters^1 Name Number Prov Des V^2 H^3 v p^4 v D^5 T ...

Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies 611 TABLE 3 Rotation Periods and Lightcurve Amplitudes Name Number Prov Des Class^1 Period ...

612 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 7 Changes in aspect angle result in changes in lightcurve amplitude. When the object ...

Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies 613 example, the KBO Varuna hasm=0.42±0.02 magni- tude. If we assume we are seeing Varuna ...

614 Encyclopedia of the Solar System that their sample of KBOs and Centaurs divided into two distinct color groups—gray objects ...

Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies 615 9.1.4 REASONS FOR COLOR PATTERNS What could cause these color signatures? One possibil ...

616 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 11 Near-infrared reflection spectrum of Quaoar (black) compared to a spectrum of H 2 ...

Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies 617 FIGURE 13 Optical spectrum of 136472 (2005 FY 9 ) (black line) and a Hapke model of pu ...

618 Encyclopedia of the Solar System TABLE 4 Binary KBOs^1 Name Number Prov Des a^2 e^3 Period^4 Mass^5 Resonant Pluto/Charon 13 ...

Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies 619 of wide binary pairs, and Goldreich’s mechanism favors the production of closer pairs. ...