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most citedConstraining the Formation of the Four Terrestrial Planets in the Solar System

29 citations · 96 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

astro-ph.EP2025★ 6 cited

Discovery and dynamics of a Sedna-like object with a perihelion of 66 au

Ying-Tung Chen, Patryk Sofia Lykawka, Yukun Huang +30

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with large perihelion distances ( au) and semi-major axes ( au) provide insights into the early evolution of the solar system and th…

astro-ph.IM2025

Characterization of the Deep, Extended Kuiper Belt in the Galactic Disk

Susan D. Benecchi, Simon B. Porter, Anne J. Verbiscer +11

We propose a Roman Space Telescope survey to investigate fundamental properties of the distant solar system in the region of the Kuiper Belt where object characteristics and the si…

astro-ph.EP2025

An Extremely Deep Rubin Survey to Explore the Extended Kuiper Belt and Identify Objects Observable by New Horizons

JJ Kavelaars, Marc W. Buie, Wesley C. Fraser +22

A proposed Vera C. Rubin Observatory Deep Drilling micro-survey of the Kuiper Belt will investigate key properties of the distant solar system. Utilizing 30 hours of Rubin time acr…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Re-recognized universality of Kozai oscillation on three-body dynamics

Masanori Iye, Takashi Ito

In 1962, Yoshihide Kozai reported his findings on the secular dynamics of asteroids moving in orbits with high inclination and eccentricity. In contrast to the classic understandin…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 5 cited

The doubly librating Plutinos

Renu Malhotra, Takashi Ito

Named for orbital kinship with Pluto, the Plutinos are a prominent group of Kuiper Belt objects whose orbital periods are in libration about the 3/2 ratio with Neptune's. We invest…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 2 cited

An estimate of resident time of the Oort Cloud new comets in planetary region

Takashi Ito, Arika Higuchi

We describe the result of our numerical orbit simulation which traces dynamical evolution of new comets coming from the Oort Cloud. We combine two dynamical models for this purpose…

astro-ph.EP2024

Candidate Distant Trans-Neptunian Objects Detected by the New Horizons Subaru TNO Survey

Wesley C. Fraser, Simon B. Porter, Lowell Peltier +41

We report the detection of 239 trans-Neptunian Objects discovered through the on-going New Horizons survey for distant minor bodies being performed with the Hyper Suprime-Cam mosai…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 8 cited

A deep analysis for New Horizons' KBO search images

Fumi Yoshida, Toshifumi Yanagisawa, Takashi Ito +8

Observation datasets acquired by the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) on the Subaru Telescope for NASA's New Horizons mission target search were analyzed through a method devised by JAXA. T…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 18 cited

Is There an Earth-like Planet in the Distant Kuiper Belt?

Patryk Sofia Lykawka, Takashi Ito

The orbits of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) can indicate the existence of an undiscovered planet in the outer solar system. Here, we used N-body computer simulations to investigat…

astro-ph.EP2021

FOSSIL: I. The Spin Rate Limit of Jupiter Trojans

Chan-Kao Chang, Ying-Tung Chen, Wesley C. Fraser +25

Rotation periods of 53 small (diameters km) Jupiter Trojans (JTs) were derived using the high-cadence light curves obtained by the FOSSIL phase I survey, a Subaru/Hype…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 29 cited

Constraining the Formation of the Four Terrestrial Planets in the Solar System

Patryk Sofia Lykawka, Takashi Ito

To reproduce the orbits and masses of the terrestrial planets (analogs) of the solar system, most studies scrutinize simulations for success as a batch. However, there is insuffici…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 27 cited

Terrestrial Planet Formation: Constraining the Formation of Mercury

Patryk Sofia Lykawka, Takashi Ito

The formation of the four terrestrial planets of the solar system is one of the most fundamental problems in the planetary sciences. However, the formation of Mercury remains poorl…