The Inclinations of Faint Trans-Neptunian Objects

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Nov 2010

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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 724, Issue 1, pp. L22-L24 (2010).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Kuiper Belt: General, Surveys

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Bernstein et al. found that the population of faint (R> 26) trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) known at that time was dominated by "Classical" objects, which have low inclinations (i < 5°) and distances of 40-45 AU. Since those observations, the number of faint TNOs whose orbits are sufficiently well known to be classified as "Classical" or "Excited" has grown from 7 to 39. We analyze the dynamical classifications of faint TNOs known today and find that this population is dominated by Excited objects. We discuss some implications of this result.

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