The Kuiper belt size distribution: constraints on accretion.
The Kuiper belt is a population of planetesimals outside the orbit of Neptune. The high inclinations and eccentricities exhibited by many belt members, and its very low mass (M 0.1M) present an enigma to planetesimal accretion scenarios: the high relative encounter velocities (vrei 1 km s-1), and in...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2552 |