The First Decadal Review of the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt

2004
ISBN: 978-1-4020-1781-0
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 498 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1028 g

A decade after the confirmation of the Kuiper Belt's existence, 80 of the world's experts gathered in Chile to review what has been learned since 1992. This record of the meeting is enhanced by several specially solicited papers covering additional material not presented at the conference. The volume includes papers on the dynamics of the trans-Neptunian region, the results of deep surveys for the new objects and the evidence for an outer Edge to the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt. Physical observations of many objects are described and attempts are made to bring these data into some coherent picture of the distant solar system. The interior physics of these distant, icy objects, and the link between the Kuiper Belt and dust disks around other stars are also considered. Of particular interest is a set of papers on how the surfaces of distant asteroids are affected by various types of radiation, an area crucial to the interpretation of data being collected by large ground based telescopes.
Suitable for professional astronomers and PhD students working in the field of planetary science.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barrera, Luis H.

Davies, John K.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Instrumente, Methoden
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Kuiper Belt and its Primordial Sculpting.- The Common Origin of the High Inclination TNO’s.- The Scattered Disk Population and the Oort Cloud.- Resonant and Secular Families of the Kuiper Belt.- Tridimensional Dissipative Semi-Numerical Model.- Transneptunian Object Ephemeris Service (TNOEPH).- The Late Heavy Bombardment in the Inner Solar System: Is there any Connection to Kuiper Belt Objects?.- Migration of Trans-Neptunian Objects to the Terrestrial Planets.- The Caltech Wide Area Sky Survey (Beyond (50000) Quaoar).- Procedures, Resources and Selected Results of the Deep Ecliptic Survey.- Initial Results from the Southern Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Survey.- Colour Properties and Trends in Trans-Neptunian Objects.- Results from the ESO Large Program on Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs.- Colours and Composition of the Centaurs.- Search for Cometary Activity in KBO (24952) 1997 QJ4.- Near-Infrared Colors of the Binary Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WW31.- Spectrophotometry of Kuiper Belt Objects 20000 Varuna, 2000 EB173 and Centaur 10199 Chariklo.- Opposition Effect of Kuiper Belt Objects: Preliminary Estimations.- Hawaii Kuiper Belt Variability Project: An Update.- The Shape Distribution of Kuiper Belt Objects.- l A Numerical Check of the Collisional Resurfacing Scenario.- Toward a Taxonomy of the Edgeworth—Kuiper Objects: A Multivariate Approach.- HST Photometry of Trans-Neptunian Objects.- Proton irradiation of Centaur, Kuiper Belt, and Oort Cloud Objects at Plasma to Cosmic Ray Energy.- Ion Irradiation of Asphaltite: Optical Effects and Implications for Trans-Neptunian Objects and Centaurs.- Radiation Products in Processed Ices Relevant to Edgeworth-Kuiper-Belt Objects.- Laboratory Studies on Silicates Relevant for the Physics of TNOs.- Spectral Models of Kuiper BeltObjects and Centaurs.- Mixing Models, Colors and Thermal Emissions.- Laboratory Studies of Icy Regoliths in Relation to Observations of Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System.- Hydrated Silicates on Edgeworth-Kuiper Objects — Probable Ways of Formation.- Early Thermal and Structural Evolution of Small Bodies in the Trans-Neptunian Zone.- Pluto’s Atmosphere and a Targeted-Occultation Search for Other Bound KBO Atmospheres.- Transneptunian Binaries.- Physical Characterization of the Binary Edgeworth—Kuiper Belt Object 2001 QT297.- Extrasolar Analogues to the Kuiper Belt.- Planetary Perturbers in Debris Disks.- Planet X and the Extended Scattered Disk.- Research of Small Kuiper Belt Objects by Stellar Occultations.- TAOS: The Taiwanese—American Occultation Survey.- Project Pan-STARRS and the Outer Solar System.- New Horizons: The First Reconnaissance Mission to Bodies in the Kuiper Belt.- Finding KBO Flyby Targets for New Horizons.- Summary.