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Mass of the Kuiper belt

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Pitjeva, E. V., Pitjev, N. P.·2018·Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
DOI 10.1007/s10569-018-9853-5
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  • The total mass of the present-day Kuiper belt is estimated to be a small fraction of an Earth-mass.

    “the total mass of the present-day Kuiper belt is estimated to be a small fraction of an Earth-mass (Pitjeva & Pitjev, 2018)”

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  • This constraint requires planets to fall below the purple line in Figure 5, although such determinations are sensitive to the specifics of the employed dynamical model.

    “This constraint requires planets to fall below the purple line in Figure 5, although we note that such determinations are sensitive to the specifics of the employed dynamical model (Folkner et al., 2016; Pitjeva & Pitjev, 2018).”

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    “…found that the total mass of the Kuiper belt is two orders of magnitude larger than the mass of the Main asteroid belt (Pitjeva and Pitjev 2014; Pitjeva et al. 2017), and at the same time is almost three orders of magnitude smaller than the mass of the proposed 9th planet (Batygin and Brown 2016).”
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Authors
Pitjeva, E. V., & Pitjev, N. P.
Affiliations
  • Institute of Applied Astronomy (RU)
  • St Petersburg University (RU)
Corresponding author
Pitjeva, E. V.
Venue
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-09
Volume
130
Issue
9
ISSN
  • 0923-2958 (ISSN-L)
  • 1572-9478
DOI
10.1007/s10569-018-9853-5
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W2891247758
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Space Satellite Systems and Control
Keywords
Kuiper belt, trans-Neptunian objects, total mass, gravitational influence, orbital resonance, ninth planet, planetary perturbations

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