The Solar System Beyond Neptune

edited by M. A. Barucci, H. Boehnhardt, Dale P. Cruikshank and A. Morbidelli

University of Arizona Press, 2008
Cloth: 978-0-8165-2755-7
Library of Congress Classification QB694.S65 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 523.48

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

A new frontier in our solar system opened with the discovery of the Kuiper Belt and the extensive population of icy bodies orbiting beyond Neptune. Today the study of all of these bodies, collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian objects, reveals them to be frozen time capsules from the earliest epochs of solar system formation. This new volume in the Space Science Series, with one hundred contributing authors, offers the most detailed and up-to-date picture of our solar system’s farthest frontier. Our understanding of trans-Neptunian objects is rapidly evolving and currently constitutes one of the most active research fields in planetary sciences. The Solar System Beyond Neptune brings the reader to the forefront of our current understanding and points the way to further advancement in the field, making it an indispensable resource for researchers and students in planetary science.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
The Solar System Beyond Neptune: Overview and Perspectives
M. A. Barucci, H. Boehnhardt, D. P. Cruikshank, and A. Morbidelli
The Early Development of Ideas Concerning the Transneptunian Region
J. K. Davies, J. McFarland, M. E. Bailey, B. G. Marsden, and W.-H. Ip
Transneptunian Orbit Computation
J. Virtanen, G. Tancredi, G. M. Bernstein, T. Spahr, and K. Muinonen
PART II: TRANSNEPTUNIAN OBJECT POPULATIONS
Nomenclature in the Outer Solar System
B. Gladman, B. G. Marsden, and C. VanLaerhoven
The Orbital and Spatial Distribution of the Kuiper Belt
JJ Kavelaars, L. Jones, B. Gladman, and J. W. Parker
Size Distribution of Multikilometer Transneptunian Objects
J-M. Petit, JJ Kavelaars, B. Gladman, and T. Laredo
PART III: BULK PROPERTIES
Color Properties and Trends of the Transneptunian Objects
A. Doressoundiram, H. Boehnhardt, S. C. Tegler, and C. Trujillo
Colors of Centaurs
S. C. Tegler, J. M. Bauer, W. Romanishin, and N. Peixinho
Surface Properties of Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs from Photometry and 
Polarimetry
I. N. Belskaya, A-C. Levasseur-Regourd, Y. G. Shkuratov, and K. Muinonen
Photometric Lightcurves of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs: Rotations, Shapes, 
and Densities
S. S. Sheppard, P. Lacerda, and J. L. Ortiz
Composition and Surface Properties of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs
M. A. Barucci, M. E. Brown, J. P. Emery, and F. Merlin
Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from the 
Spitzer Space Telescope
J. Stansberry, W. Grundy, M. Brown, D. Cruikshank, J. Spencer, D. Trilling, and J.-L. Margot
Transneptunian Object Taxonomy
M. Fulchignoni, I. Belskaya, M. A. Barucci, M. C. De Santis, and A. Doressoundiram
PART IV: PHYSICAL PROCESSES
Physical Effects of Collisions in the Kuiper Belt
Z. M. Leinhardt, S. T. Stewart, and P. H. Schultz
Structure and Evolution of the Kuiper Belt Objects and Dwarf Planets
W. B. McKinnon, D. Prialnik, S. A. Stern, and A. Coradini
The Structure of Kuiper Belt Bodies: Link with Comets
A. Coradini, M. T. Capria, M. C. De Sanctis, and W. B. McKinnon
PART V: FORMATION AND EVOLUTION
The Scattered Disk: Origins, Dynamics, and End States
R. S. Gomes, J. A. Fern ndez, T. Gallardo, and A. Brunini
The Dynamical Structure of the Kuiper Belt and Its Primordial Origin
A. Morbidelli, H. F. Levison, and R. Gomes
Formation and Collisional Evolution of Kuiper Belt Objects
S. J. Kenyon, B. C. Bromley, D. P. O'Brien, and D. R. Davis
The Role of the Galaxy in the Dynamical Evolution of Transneptunian Objects
M. J. Duncan, R. Brasser, L. Dones, and H. F. Levison
PART VI: INDIVIDUALITIES AND PECULIARITIES
The Largest Kuiper Belt Objects
M. E. Brown
Binaries in the Kuiper Belt
K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, E. J. Chiang, J.-L. Margot, and S. D. Kern
On the Atmospheres of Objects in the Kuiper Belt
S. A. Stern and L. M. Trafton
PART VII: LINKS WITH OTHER SOLAR SYSTEM POPULATIONS
De Troianis: The Trojans in the Planetary System
E. Dotto, J. P. Emery, M. A. Barucci, A. Morbidelli, and D. P. Cruikshank
Kuiper Belt Objects in the Planetary Region: The Jupiter-Family Comets
S. Lowry, A. Fitzsimmons, P. Lamy, and P. Weissman
Irregular Satellites of the Giant Planets
P. D. Nicholson, M. Cuk, S. S. Sheppard, D. Nesvorný, and T. V. Johnson
Structure of the Kuiper Belt Dust Disk
J.-C. Liou and D. E. Kaufmann
PART VIII: BOUNDARIES AND CONNECTIONS TO OTHER STELLAR SYSTEMS
The Heliopause Boundary of the Solar System
J. D. Richardson and N. Schwadron
Extrasolar Kuiper Belt Dust Disks
A. Moro-Martín, M. C. Wyatt, R. Malhotra, and D. E. Trilling
PART IX: LABORATORY
Laboratory Data on Ices, Refractory Carbonaceous Materials, and Minerals Relevant 
to 
Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs
C. de Bergh, B. Schmitt, L. V. Moroz, E. Quirico, and D. P. Cruikshank
Laboratory Studies of the Chemistry of Transneptunian Object Surface Materials
R. L. Hudson, M. E. Palumbo, G. Strazzulla, M. H. Moore, J. F. Cooper, and S. J. Sturner
Meteorites from the Outer Solar System?
M. Gounelle, A. Morbidelli, P. A. Bland, P. Spurný, E. Young, and M. Sephton
PART X: PERSPECTIVES
The Kuiper Belt Explored by Serendipitous Stellar Occultations
F. Roques, G. Georgevits, and A. Doressoundiram
New Horizons: NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission
H. A. Weaver and S. A. Stern
Future Surveys of the Kuiper Belt
C. A. Trujillo

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