Large Kuiper Belt Objects

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Aug 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999noao.prop..372t&link_type=abstract

NOAO Proposal ID #1999B-0372

Physics

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The Kuiper Belt represents the most primitive material known in the solar system and is the source of a wide variety of outer solar system bodies (e.g., short-period comets, Pluto-Charon, Triton). Although ground-based surveys continue to yield new Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs), little is known about their physical properties, due to the scarcity of KBOs bright enough (red magnitude m_R ≤ 21) for detailed physical studies. We propose to increase the sample of large, bright KBOs by a factor of ~ 10. These large KBOs will provide ideal targets for spectroscopy.

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