Two distinct populations of Kuiper-belt objects

Details Two distinct populations of Kuiper-belt objects Two distinct populations of Kuiper-belt objects

Mar 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998natur.392...49t&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 392, p. 49

Mathematics

84

Kuiper Belt, Planetary Orbits, Neptune (Planet), Transformations (Mathematics), Ice, Solar System

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We report the results of a two-year survey of the broadband optical colors of about one-quarter of the known Kuiper-belt objects. We find that their colors indicate the presence of two distinct populations: one consists of objects whose surface colors are only slightly redder than the color of the sun while the other consists of the reddest objects known in the solar system.

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