Col-OSSOS: Evidence for a Compositional Gradient Inherited from the Protoplanetary Disk?

In the present-day Kuiper Belt, the number of compositional classes and the orbital distributions of these classes hold important cosmogonic implications for the solar system. The Colours of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (Col-OSSOS) recently showed that the observed color distribution of sma...

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Main Authors: Michaël Marsset, Wesley C. Fraser, Megan E. Schwamb, Laura E. Buchanan, Rosemary E. Pike, Kathryn Volk, Nuno Peixinho, Susan Benecchi, Michele T. Bannister, Nicole J. Tan, J. J. Kavelaars
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace7d0