The origin of Pluto's orbit: implications for the
@inproceedings{Malhotra1994TheOO, title={The origin of Pluto's orbit: implications for the}, author={Renu Malhotra}, year={1994} }
The origin of the highly eccentric, inclined, and resonance-locked orbit of Pluto has long been a puzzle. A possible explanation has been proposed recently which suggests that these extraordinary orbital properties may be a natural consequence of the formation and early dynamical evolution of the outer solar system. A resonance capture mechanism is possible during the clearing of the residual planetesimal debris and the formation of the Oort Cloud of comets by planetesimal mass loss from the…
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AN OUTER PLANET BEYOND PLUTO AND THE ORIGIN OF THE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN BELT ARCHITECTURE
- Geology, Physics
- 2008
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are remnants of a collisionally and dynamically evolved planetesimal disk in the outer solar system. This complex structure, known as the trans-Neptunian belt (or…
A possible long-lived belt of objects between Uranus and Neptune
- Geology, PhysicsNature
- 1997
Recent discoveries of objects orbiting beyond Neptune have emphasized that our understanding of the distribution and dynamics of material in the outer Solar System is very incomplete. This…
A Brief Summary of Kuiper Belt Research
- Physics, Geology
- 1998
Ideas about the contents of the Solar System beyond Neptune and Pluto can be traced back to at least Edgeworth (1943, 1949) and Kuiper (1951), who speculated on the existence of pre-planetary small…
Eccentric Early Migration of Neptune
- Physics, Geology
- 2020
The dynamical structure of the Kuiper Belt can be used as a clue to the formation and evolution of the solar system, planetary systems in general, and Neptune’s early orbital history in particular.…
On the Origin of the Pluto System
- Physics, Geology
- 2020
For six decades following its discovery, Pluto was the only known Sun-orbiting world in the dynamical vicinity of Neptune. An early origin concept postulated that Neptune originally had two large…
Constraining the Giant Planets’ Initial Configuration from Their Evolution: Implications for the Timing of the Planetary Instability
- Geology, Physics
- 2017
Recent works on planetary migration show that the orbital structure of the Kuiper Belt can be very well reproduced if, before the onset of planetary instability, Neptune underwent a long-range…
DYNAMICAL IMPLANTATION OF OBJECTS IN THE KUIPER BELT
- Physics, Geology
- 2014
Several models have been suggested in the past to describe the dynamical formation of hot Kuiper Belt objects (hereafter Hot Classicals or HCs for short). Here, we discuss a dynamical mechanism that…
Pluto's Heliocentric Orbit
- Physics, Geology
- 1994
We review the current state of knowledge regarding Pluto’s heliocentric orbital motion. Pluto’s orbit is unusually eccentric and inclined to the ecliptic, and overlaps the orbit of Neptune.…
Magnitude and timing of the giant planet instability: A reassessment from the perspective of the asteroid belt
- Physics, Geology
- 2016
It is generally accepted today that our solar system has undergone a phase during which the orbits of the giant planets became very unstable. In recent years, many studies have identified traces of…
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