The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)-IV. Planetary systems around low-mass stars

R Burn, M Schlecker, C Mordasini… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Previous theoretical works on planet formation around low-mass stars have often
been limited to large planets and individual systems. As current surveys routinely detect …

The science of sungrazers, sunskirters, and other near-sun comets

GH Jones, MM Knight, K Battams, DC Boice… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
This review addresses our current understanding of comets that venture close to the Sun,
and are hence exposed to much more extreme conditions than comets that are typically …

The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)-I. Bern global model of planet formation and evolution, model tests, and emerging planetary systems

A Emsenhuber, C Mordasini, R Burn, Y Alibert… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The explosion of observational data on exoplanets gives many constraints on
theoretical models of planet formation and evolution. Observational data probe very large …

The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

SA Stern, F Bagenal, K Ennico, GR Gladstone… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Pluto was discovered in 1930 and was long thought to be a misfit or
anomaly in the solar system. However, the 1992 discovery of the Kuiper Belt—a torus …

The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)-II. Planetary population of solar-like stars and overview of statistical results

A Emsenhuber, C Mordasini, R Burn, Y Alibert… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Planetary formation and evolution is a combination of multiple interlinked
processes. Constraining the mechanisms observationally requires statistical comparison to …

The absolute magnitude distribution of Kuiper belt objects

WC Fraser, ME Brown, A Morbidelli… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Here we measure the absolute magnitude distributions (H-distribution) of the dynamically
excited and quiescent (hot and cold) Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs), and test if they share the …

The collisional evolution of the primordial Kuiper Belt, its destabilized population, and the Trojan asteroids

WF Bottke, D Vokrouhlický, R Marschall… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The tumultuous early era of outer solar system evolution culminated when Neptune migrated
across the primordial Kuiper Belt (PKB) and triggered a dynamical instability among the …

Impact craters on Pluto and Charon indicate a deficit of small Kuiper belt objects

KN Singer, WB McKinnon, B Gladman, S Greenstreet… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The flyby of Pluto and Charon by the New Horizons spacecraft provided high-resolution
images of cratered surfaces embedded in the Kuiper belt, an extensive region of bodies …

Detection of exocometary CO within the 440 Myr old fomalhaut belt: a similar CO+ CO2 ice abundance in exocomets and solar system comets

L Matrà, MA MacGregor, P Kalas… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Recent Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations present
mounting evidence for the presence of exocometary gas released within Kuiper Belt analogs …

The interplay between pebble and planetesimal accretion in population synthesis models and its role in giant planet formation

A Kessler, Y Alibert - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. In the core accretion scenario of planet formation, rocky cores grow by first
accreting solids until they are massive enough to accrete gas. For giant planet formation, this …