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Kuiper Belt Objects

Kuiper Belt Objects is a class of solar system bodies that reside beyond Neptune in a circumstellar disc known as the Kuiper Belt, distinguished from other small Solar System bodies by their trans-Neptunian orbital characteristics and composition of volatile ices.

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The Solar System Beyond Neptune

Maria Antonella Barucci, H. Boehnhardt, D. P. Cruikshank et al. · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2008 · 697 citations

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From the Kuiper Belt to Jupiter-Family Comets: The Spatial Distribution of Ecliptic Comets

Harold F. Levison, Martin J. Duncan · Icarus · 1997 · 642 citations

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The planetary scientist's companion

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 639 citations

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A Population of Comets in the Main Asteroid Belt

Henry H. Hsieh, David Jewitt · Science · 2006 · 500 citations

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Discovery of the candidate Kuiper belt object 1992 QB1

David Jewitt, Jane Luu · Nature · 1993 · 489 citations

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  1. ME
    Michael E. Brown

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    38 publications · 3.2K citations

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  2. JJ
    J. J. Kavelaars

    Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada

    36 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. DJ
    David Jewitt

    University of Hawaii System, United States

    27 publications · 4K citations

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  4. BG
    Brett Gladman

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    26 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. SA
    S. A. Stern

    Southwest Research Institute, United States

    31 publications · 2.2K citations

    21

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Institutions

595

  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    54 h-index

    180 publications

    15.8K citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    46 h-index

    162 publications

    12.9K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    43 h-index

    158 publications

    11.7K citations

  4. Southwest Research Institute

    San Antonio, United States

    42 h-index

    283 publications

    23.4K citations

  5. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    36 h-index

    107 publications

    7.3K citations

  6. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    35 h-index

    93 publications

    6.2K citations

  7. Observatoire de Paris

    Paris, France

    33 h-index

    91 publications

    6.2K citations

  8. Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

    Nice, France

    29 h-index

    50 publications

    4K citations

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  1. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 161 publications · 13.5K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 117 publications · 8.6K citations

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  3. Icarus

    71 publications · 4.7K citations

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  4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    60 publications · 2.8K citations

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  5. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    38 publications · 2.7K citations

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