3 papers
astro-ph2002
Implications Regarding the Energetics Of the Collisional Formation of Kuiper Belt Satellites
S. A. Stern
Recently, it has been discovered that at least 1% of Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) are accompanied by large satellites. Here we examine the energetics of KBO satellite formation via c…
astro-ph2000
On the Size-Dependence of the Inclination Distribution of the Main Kuiper Belt
H. F. Levison, S. A. Stern
We present a new analysis of the currently available orbital elements for the known Kuiper belt objects. In the non-resonant, main Kuiper belt we find a statistically significant r…
astro-ph1995
The Discovery of Halley-sized Kuiper Belt Objects Using HST
Anita L. Cochran, Harold F. Levison, S. Alan Stern +1
We report the statistical detection (at the >99% confidence level) of a population of 28th magnitude objects exhibiting proper motions of ~1 arcsecond per hour at quadrature in dee…