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Formation of Kuiper-belt binaries by dynamical friction and three-body encounters

Peter Goldreich, Yoram Lithwick, Re’em Sari

Nature · 2002 · 244 citations · 15 references

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Formation of Planetary Embryos: Effects of Fragmentation, Low Relative Velocity, and Independent Variation of Eccentricity and Inclination

G. W. Wetherill, G. R. Stewart · Icarus · 1993 · 440 citations

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Binary-single star scattering. I - Numerical experiments for equal masses

Piet Hut, J. N. Bahcall · The Astrophysical Journal · 1983 · 323 citations

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Properties of the Trans-Neptunian Belt: Statistics from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Survey

Chadwick A. Trujillo, David Jewitt, Jane Luu · The Astronomical Journal · 2001 · 233 citations · Full text

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Accretion in the Early Kuiper Belt. II. Fragmentation

The Astronomical Journal · 1999 · 179 citations · Full text

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Kuiper Belt Objects: Relics from the Accretion Disk of the Sun

Jane Luu, David Jewitt · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2002 · 163 citations

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