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“TNOs are Cool”: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region

E. Vilenius, Csaba Kiss, T. Müller, Michael Mommert, P. Santos-Sanz, A. Pál, John Stansberry, Michael Mueller, N. Peixinho, E. Lellouch, S. Fornasier, A. Delsanti, A. Thirouin, J. L. Ortiz, R. Duffárd, D. Perna, Florence Henry

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Context. The Kuiper belt is formed of planetesimals which failed to grow to planets and its dynamical structure has been affected by Neptune. The classical Kuiper belt contains objects both from a low-inclination, presumably primordial, distribution and from a high-inclination dynamically excited population.

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Context. The Kuiper belt is formed of planetesimals which failed to grow to planets and its dynamical structure has been affected by Neptune. The classical Kuiper belt contains objects both from a low-inclination, presumably primordial, distribution and from a high-inclination dynamically excited population.

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Context. The Kuiper belt is formed of planetesimals which failed to grow to planets and its dynamical structure has been affected by Neptune. The classical Kuiper belt contains objects both from a low-inclination, presumably primordial, distribution and from a high-inclination dynamically excited population.

Key concepts: Physics, Spire (mollusc), Astrophysics, Photometry (optics), Trans-Neptunian object, Astronomy, Confusion, Solar System

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