Transneptunian space

B Gladman, K Volk - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
We provide a nonspecialist overview of the current state of understanding of the structure
and origin of our Solar System's transneptunian region (often called the Kuiper Belt) …

Future exploration of the outer heliosphere and very local interstellar medium by interstellar probe

PC Brandt, E Provornikova, SD Bale, A Cocoros… - Space science …, 2023 - Springer
A detailed overview of the knowledge gaps in our understanding of the heliospheric
interaction with the largely unexplored Very Local Interstellar Medium (VLISM) are provided …

Bifurcation of planetary building blocks during Solar System formation

T Lichtenberg, J Dra̧żkowska, M Schönbächler… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Geochemical and astronomical evidence demonstrates that planet formation occurred in two
spatially and temporally separated reservoirs. The origin of this dichotomy is unknown. We …

The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)-I. Bern global model of planet formation and evolution, model tests, and emerging planetary systems

A Emsenhuber, C Mordasini, R Burn, Y Alibert… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The explosion of observational data on exoplanets gives many constraints on
theoretical models of planet formation and evolution. Observational data probe very large …

[HTML][HTML] Early Solar System instability triggered by dispersal of the gaseous disk

B Liu, SN Raymond, SA Jacobson - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Solar System's orbital structure is thought to have been sculpted by an episode
of dynamical instability among the giant planets,,–. However, the instability trigger and timing …

The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)-II. Planetary population of solar-like stars and overview of statistical results

A Emsenhuber, C Mordasini, R Burn, Y Alibert… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Planetary formation and evolution is a combination of multiple interlinked
processes. Constraining the mechanisms observationally requires statistical comparison to …

Turbulence sets the length scale for planetesimal formation: Local 2D simulations of streaming instability and planetesimal formation

H Klahr, A Schreiber - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The trans-Neptunian object 2014 MU69, named Arrokoth, is the most recent evidence that
planetesimals did not form by successive collisions of smaller objects, but by the direct …

1I/'Oumuamua as an N2 Ice Fragment of an Exo‐Pluto Surface II: Generation of N2 Ice Fragments and the Origin of 'Oumuamua

SJ Desch, AP Jackson - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of the interstellar object 1I/'Oumuamua has defied explanation. In a companion
paper (Jackson & Desch, 2021), we show that a body of N2 ice with axes 45 m× 44 m× 7.5 m …

The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth

JR Spencer, SA Stern, JM Moore, HA Weaver… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION On 1 January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft passed 3538 km from
Kuiper Belt object (KBO)(486958) Arrokoth. Arrokoth is a contact binary consisting of two …

The collisional evolution of the primordial Kuiper Belt, its destabilized population, and the Trojan asteroids

WF Bottke, D Vokrouhlický, R Marschall… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The tumultuous early era of outer solar system evolution culminated when Neptune migrated
across the primordial Kuiper Belt (PKB) and triggered a dynamical instability among the …