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6 claims from 4 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   THE ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION OF KUIPER BELT OBJECTS

   Fraser, Brown, Morbidelli, Parker and Batygin · The Astrophysical Journal · 2014

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   1. Unchecked“The cold population has a bright-end slope, $α_{\textrm{1}}=1.5_{-0.2}^{+0.4}$, and break magnitude, $H_{\textrm{B}}=6.9_{-0.2}^{+0.1}$ (r'-band).”
   2. Unchecked“We estimate the masses of the hot and cold populations are $\sim0.01$ and $\sim3\times10^{-4} \mbox{ M$_{\bigoplus}$}$.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Evidence for Very Early Migration of the Solar System Planets from the Patroclus-Menoetius binary Jupiter Trojan

   Nesvorný, Vokrouhlický, Bottke and Levison · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2018

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   1. Unchecked“This constraint implies that the planetary migration is unrelated to the formation of the youngest lunar basins.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   The Collisional Evolution of the Primordial Kuiper Belt, Its Destabilized Population, and the Trojan Asteroids

   Bottke, Vokrouhlický, Marshall et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023

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   1. Unchecked“The weakest ones, from an impact energy per mass perspective, were 20 m in diameter.”

4. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Capture of Trojans by Jumping Jupiter

   Nesvorný, Vokrouhlický and Morbidelli · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2013

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   1. Unchecked“We find that the capture probability is (6-8)x10^-7 for each particle in the original transplanetary disk, implying that the disk contained (3-4)x10^7 planetesimals with absolute magnitude H<9 (corresponding to diameter D=80 km for a 7% albedo).”
   2. Unchecked“The jump capture is potentially capable of explaining the observed asymmetry in the number of leading and trailing Trojans.”