Using the absolute detection calibration and abundant detections of the Outer Solar System
Origins Survey project, we provide population measurements for the main Kuiper Belt. For …

The size distribution in the Kuiper Belt records physical processes operating during the
formation and subsequent evolution of the solar system. This paper reports a study of the …

ABSTRACT The Kuiper Belt is a remnant from the early solar system and its size distribution
contains many important constraints that can be used to test models of planet formation and …

The cold main classical Kuiper Belt consists of the nonresonant small solar system bodies
with low orbital inclinations and orbital semimajor axes between 42.4 and 47.7 au. These …

Runaway growth is an important stage in planet formation during which large protoplanets
form, while most of the initial mass remains in small planetesimals. The amount of mass …

The detached trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are those with semimajor axes beyond the 2:
1 resonance with Neptune that are neither resonant nor scattering. Using the detached …

The formation of the largest objects in the Kuiper belt, with measured densities of∼ 1.5 g
cm− 3 and higher, from the coagulation of small bodies, with measured densities below 1 g …

We present a new analysis of the currently available orbital elements for the known Kuiper
belt objects. In the nonresonant, main Kuiper belt, we find a statistically significant …

The densities of mid-sized Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) are a key constraint in understanding
the assembly of objects in the outer solar system. These objects are critical for …

We have performed a survey of the Kuiper belt covering∼ 1/3 deg 2 of the sky using
Suprime-cam on the Subaru telescope, to a limiting magnitude of m 50 (R)∼ 26.8 and have …