Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects -- a Review
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2019-12-03 v1
Abstract
Our understanding of the history of the solar system has undergone a revolution in recent years, owing to new theoretical insights into the origin of Pluto and the discovery of the Kuiper belt and its rich dynamical structure. The emerging picture of dramatic orbital migration of the planets driven by interaction with the primordial Kuiper belt is thought to have produced the final solar system architecture that we live in today. This paper gives a brief summary of this new view of our solar system's history, and reviews the astronomical evidence in the resonant populations of the Kuiper belt.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1911.07897,
title = {Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects -- a Review},
author = {Renu Malhotra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.07897},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Based on an invited review lecture at the 2018 AOGS conference