The bimodal colors of Centaurs and small Kuiper belt objects
@article{Peixinho2012TheBC, title={The bimodal colors of Centaurs and small Kuiper belt objects}, author={Nuno Peixinho and Audrey C. Delsanti and Aur{\'e}lie Guilbert-Lepoutre and Ricardo Gafeira and Pedro Lacerda}, journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics}, year={2012}, volume={546} }
Ever since the very first photometric studies of Centaurs and Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) their visible color distribution has been controversial. This controversy has triggered to a prolific debate on the origin of the surface colors of these distant icy objects of the solar system. Two scenarios have been proposed to interpret and explain the large variability of colors, hence surface composition. Are the colors mainly primordial and directly related to the formation region, or are they the…
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