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Libration of Pluto's argument of perihelion and the role of the major planets
Takashi Ito, Renu Malhotra
Pluto's argument of perihelion is known to librate around . This libration is related to the secular phenomenon known as the von Zeipel-Lidov-Kozai (vZLK) oscillation. In…
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…
A substellar flyby that shaped the orbits of the giant planets
Garett Brown, Renu Malhotra, Hanno Rein
The modestly eccentric and non-coplanar orbits of the giant planets pose a challenge to solar system formation theories which generally indicate that the giant planets emerged from…
Imaging of the Vega Debris System using JWST/MIRI
Kate Y. L. Su, Andras Gaspar, George H. Rieke +6
We present images of the Vega planetary debris disk obtained at 15.5, 23, and 25.5 microns with the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on JWST. The debris system is remarkably symmetri…
Machine Learning Assisted Dynamical Classification of Trans-Neptunian Objects
Kathryn Volk, Renu Malhotra
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are small, icy bodies in the outer solar system. They are observed to have a complex orbital distribution that was shaped by the early dynamical hist…
Differences between Stable and Unstable Architectures of Compact Planetary Systems
Kathryn Volk, Renu Malhotra
We present a stability analysis of a large set of simulated planetary systems of three or more planets based on architectures of multiplanet systems discovered by \textit{Kepler} a…