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On the Secular Evolution of Inclinations Among the Classical Belt TNOs
Dallin Spencer, Darin Ragozzine, Kat Volk +1
Proper orbital elements have been used in diverse ways to study the dynamical architecture of transneptunian objects (TNOs), providing insights into Solar System evolution and migr…
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Producing planetary debris exterior to white dwarf Roche radii through sublimative rotational fission
Dimitri Veras, Jordan K. Steckloff, Kathryn Volk
The majority of white dwarfs that host periodic transiting planetary debris do so at distances that exceed the rubble-pile Roche limit, in disagreement with canonical formation mod…
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Small Body Dynamics with SBDynT: Proper Elements and Chaos Analysis
Dallin Spencer, Kat Volk, Darin Ragozzine +1
The Small Body Dynamics Tool (SBDynT) is software written for the community of Solar System small body researchers to perform dynamical classification, characterization, and invest…