The Classical Kuiper Belt as seen from the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey.

Details The Classical Kuiper Belt as seen from the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey. The Classical Kuiper Belt as seen from the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey.

Oct 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007dps....39.6401k&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #39, #64.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.545

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

The Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey [CFEPS] reports our discovery that the 'cold' classical-Kuiper belt is well described as an enhancement in the density of low-inclination, low-eccentricity objects in the 42 < a < 45 AU zone. The CFEPS 1st year results are inconsistent with a cold-belt extending to a > 45AU while the hot-belt component extends from 33 to at least 50AU. The cold-belt also appears to have an eccentricity distribution that is 'colder' than the eccentricity distribution of the hot-belt component. This enhanced low-e, low-i population may be the in situ remains of the primordial Kuiper belt.
We will also report on the orbits of our first year detects [55 KBOs with classifiable orbits spread across 5 longitude regions] and detail our approach to constraining the likely orbit distributions with-in the Kuiper belt.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The Classical Kuiper Belt as seen from the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey. does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The Classical Kuiper Belt as seen from the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The Classical Kuiper Belt as seen from the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey. will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1067999