“TNOs are Cool”: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region X. Analysis of classical Kuiper belt objects from Herschel ⋆ and Spitzer observations

• Published in: Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) Vol. 564; p. np
• Main Authors: Vilenius, E, Kiss, C, Muller, T, Mommert, M, Santos-Sanz, P, Pal, A, Stansberry, J, Mueller, M, Peixinho, N, Lellouch, E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 01.04.2014
• Subjects: Albedo; Asteroids; Astrophysics; Data reduction; Density; Kuiper belt; Mathematical models; Sciences of the Universe; Slopes; Trans-Neptunian objects

Context. The Kuiper belt is formed of planetesimals which failed to grow to planets and its dynamical structure has been affected by Neptune. The classical Kuiper belt contains objects both from a low-inclination, presumably primordial, distribution and from a high-inclination dynamically excited po...