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Determining The Plane of The Kuiper Belt with OSSOS

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We present the OSSOS-based measurement of the semi-major axes dependent orientation of the Kuiper Belt plane. A Kuiper Belt object's (KBO's) inclination can be broken down into a forced component and a free component. The inclination and longitude of ascending node of the forced inclination define the 'forced plane,' the plane about which the KBO's inclination will precess. Secular theory predicts that this forced plane should depend on semi-major axis. For example, the nu18 secular resonance should create a significant warp in the forced planet near 40.5 au (Chiang and Choi 2008). Not predicted by secular theory is a warp in the distant Kuiper Belt (semi-major axes greater than 50 au) seen by Volk and Malhotra 2016 using KBOs from the Minor Planet Catalog. We investigate what the inclination distribution is for objects beyond Neptune as a function of semi-major axis using the OSSOS characterized sample. Through use of the OSSOS survey simulator we test various underlying orbital distributions and compare how the survey would have observed those populations to the actual observed sample. In particular, we test various widths for the inclination distribution about various local forcing planes for the kernel, stirred, and hot classical Kuiper Belt. Because the biases of OSSOS are extremely well characterized, we can make rigorous statistical statements as to what hypothetical Kuiper Belts are consistent with the actual Kuiper Belt as observed by OSSOS.
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hal-03573117 , version 1 (14-02-2022)

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Christa L. van Laerhoven, J. J. Kavelaars, Kathryn Volk, Brett Gladman, Jean-Marc C. Petit. Determining The Plane of The Kuiper Belt with OSSOS. American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #49, American Astronomical Society, Oct 2017, Provo, United States. pp.id.405.12. ⟨hal-03573117⟩
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