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Article Dans Une Revue The Planetary Science Journal Année : 2023

OSSOS. XXIX. The Population and Perihelion Distribution of the Detached Kuiper Belt

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Abstract The detached trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are those with semimajor axes beyond the 2:1 resonance with Neptune that are neither resonant nor scattering. Using the detached sample from the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS) telescopic survey, we produce the first studies of their orbital distribution based on matching the orbits and numbers of the known TNOs after accounting for survey biases. We show that the detached TNO perihelion ( q ) distribution cannot be uniform but is instead better matched by two uniform components with a break near q ≈ 40 au. We produce parametric two-component models that are not rejectable by the OSSOS data set and estimate that there are 36,000 − 9000 + 12 , 000 detached TNOs with absolute magnitudes H r < 8.66 ( D ≳ 100 km) and semimajor axes 48 au < a < 250 au (95% confidence limits). Although we believe that these heuristic two-parameter models yield a correct population estimate, we then use the same methods to show that the perihelion distribution of a detached disk created by a simulated rogue planet matches the q distribution even better, suggesting that the temporary presence of other planets in the early solar system is a promising model to create today’s large semimajor axis TNO population. This cosmogonic simulation results in a detached TNO population estimate of 48,000 − 12 , 000 + 15 , 000 . Because this illustrates how difficult-to-detect q > 50 au objects are likely present, we conclude that there are (5 ± 2) × 10 4 dynamically detached TNOs, roughly twice as many as in the entire trans-Neptunian hot main belt.
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Matthew Beaudoin, Brett Gladman, Yukun Huang, Michele Bannister, J. Kavelaars, et al.. OSSOS. XXIX. The Population and Perihelion Distribution of the Detached Kuiper Belt. The Planetary Science Journal, 2023, 4 (8), pp.145. ⟨10.3847/PSJ/ace88d⟩. ⟨hal-04235068⟩
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