The deep ecliptic survey: A search for kuiper belt objects and centaurs. II. Dynamical classification, the kuiper belt plane, and the core population

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1117-1162

  Elliot, J L ^a,b,c   Kern, S D ^a,b   Clancy, K B ^b   Gulbis, A A S ^b   Millis, R L ^a,c   Buie, M W ^a,c   Wasserman, L H ^a,c   Chiang, E I ^a,d   Jordan, A B ^a,d,e   Trilling, D E ^a,f,g   Meech, K J ^h  

^a KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Comets: general; Kuiper belt; Methods: observational; Planets and satellites: general; Solar system: general; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 20144380538     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427395     Document Type: Article

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