The State of Knowledge Concerning the Kuiper Belt
Abstract
The arguments for and against the idea that most short-period comets originate in the Kuiper belt are discussed. Observational constraints on the distribution of mass in the Kuiper belt are reviewed as well as a model of the physical conditions that now exist. Finally, predictions from this model about the detectability of the Kuiper belt are compared to optical surveys.
- Publication:
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Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991
- Pub Date:
- December 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992acm..proc..353L
- Keywords:
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- Asteroids;
- Comets;
- Solar System;
- Mass Distribution;
- Origins;
- Solar Orbits;
- Astrophysics