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Formation of Jupiter and Conditions for Accretion of the Galilean Satellites
Paul R. Estrada, Ignacio Mosqueira, Jack J. Lissauer +2
We present an overview of the formation of Jupiter and its associated circumplanetary disk. Jupiter forms via a combination of planetesimal accretion and gravitational accumulation…
New Horizons: Anticipated Scientific Investigations at the Pluto System
Leslie A. Young, S. Alan Stern, Harold A. Weaver +24
The New Horizons spacecraft will achieve a wide range of measurement objectives at the Pluto system, including color and panchromatic maps, 1.25-2.50 micron spectral images for stu…
The orbit, mass, size, albedo, and density of (65489) Ceto/Phorcys: A tidally-evolved binary Centaur
W. M. Grundy, J. A. Stansberry, K. S. Noll +6
Hubble Space Telescope observations of Uranus- and Neptune-crossing object (65489) Ceto/Phorcys (provisionally designated 2003 FX128) reveal it to be a close binary system. The mut…
Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from Spitzer Space Telescope
John Stansberry, Will Grundy, Mike Brown +4
Detecting heat from minor planets in the outer solar system is challenging, yet it is the most efficient means for constraining the albedos and sizes of Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs)…
The Albedo, Size, and Density of Binary Kuiper Belt Object (47171) 1999 TC36
J. A. Stansberry, W. M. Grundy, J. L. Margot +4
We measured the system-integrated thermal emission of the binary Kuiper Belt Object 1999 TC36 at wavelengths near 24 and 70 microns using the Spitzer space telescope. We fit these…
Detection of Two Binary Trans-Neptunian Objects, 1997 CQ29 and 2000 CF105, with the Hubble Space Telescope
Keith S. Noll, Denise C. Stephens, Will M. Grundy +6
Images of the trans-Neptunian objects 1997 CQ29 and 2000 CF105 obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope's WFPC2 camera show them to be binary. The two components of 1997 CQ29 were…