Planetesimals in the Kuiper Belt
Event Date:
2020-11-09T15:00:00
2020-11-09T16:00:00
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Speaker:
JJ Kavelaars (HAA, NRC)
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Intended Audience:
Undergraduate
Local Contact:
Douglas Scott
Event Information:
Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), in the outer Solar System, provide a unique laboratory for studying the formation of small bodies. I will summarize our state of understanding of planetesimal formation in the Kuiper Belt as informed by: the size distribution of KBOs as measured through reflected optical light and occultations; the dynamical stability of Kuiper Belt binaries; the orbital stability of the classical Kuiper Belt; and the imaging returned from the New Horizons mission. These lines of evidence provide compelling evidence for a streaming instability process as the trigger of planetesimal formation, but there are details that remain discordant.
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2020-11-09T15:00:00
2020-11-09T16:00:00
Planetesimals in the Kuiper Belt
Event Information:
Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), in the outer Solar System, provide a unique laboratory for studying the formation of small bodies. I will summarize our state of understanding of planetesimal formation in the Kuiper Belt as informed by: the size distribution of KBOs as measured through reflected optical light and occultations; the dynamical stability of Kuiper Belt binaries; the orbital stability of the classical Kuiper Belt; and the imaging returned from the New Horizons mission. These lines of evidence provide compelling evidence for a streaming instability process as the trigger of planetesimal formation, but there are details that remain discordant.
Event Location:
Connect via zoom