Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001dps....33.0802s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DPS Meeting #33, #08.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.1033
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
The Kuiper Belt region between 30 and 50 AU contains Pluto-Charon and ~ 105 bodies larger than 100 km in diameter. For several years it has been recognized that Kuiper Belt Objects display substantial color diversity. Some workers have speculated that this color diversity could be the result of a competition between space weathering effects and collisions, wherein collisions on objects serve to excavate fresh material that is less reddened than older weathered material. I present evidence for a correlation between KBO colors and the mean random impact speed individual KBOs experience. Although some aspects of a causal relationship between collisions and KBO colors remain problematic, the correlation between colors and collision speeds is intriguing, and lends support to the collisional resurfacing hypothesis. This work was supported by the NASA Origins program.
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