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CORRALLING A DISTANT PLANET WITH EXTREME RESONANT KUIPER BELT OBJECTS

The four longest period Kuiper Belt objects have orbital periods close to integer ratios with each other. A hypothetical planet with an orbital period of similar to 17,117 years and a semimajor axis similar to 665 au would have N/1 and N/2 period ratios with these four objects. The orbital geometries and dynamics of resonant orbits constrain the orbital plane, the orbital eccentricity, and the mass of such a planet as well as its current location in its orbital path.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/621405
Date15 June 2016
CreatorsMalhotra, Renu, Volk, Kathryn, Wang, Xianyu
ContributorsUniv Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab
PublisherIOP PUBLISHING LTD
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Rights© 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Relationhttp://stacks.iop.org/2041-8205/824/i=2/a=L22?key=crossref.490287982fca377fb9c8de0d9bd13193

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