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&ivelysparsepopulationofasteroids,kaurs,existsbetweenJupiteraune.Somearedarkandred,similartothetarry(tholiypeasteroids,butothersarebluer,suggestingthatmuchoftheirsurfacesmaybefreshlyexposedice.Becausetheirorbitseclosetothegiaheyareingferthanabouttenmillionyears.Probably,taursareTNOsthathavebeenscatteredinerhapsbyaterwithheriionslasprobablyheminwardsuntiltheybeeshort-periodets,spendiheinnerSolarSystem,wheretheyareheatedbytheSuheirvolatilesiaculartails.

Sixtrojashavebeendiscoveredeptune’sleadingLagrangianpoint.Dynamicalargumevastdisbianpoints)arojaimesmorehanJupiter’s.

&uheKuiperbeltaNOs.OnefamilyofKuiperbeltobjectstravelin3:2orbitalresohuheclass,whicludesPluto,areknolutinos’,nottobefusedwithPlutoid,whichistheofficialIAUtermforanyToberankedasadlutoidsbeplutinos,classicalKuiperbeltobjects(lagorbitalresohune),orScatteredDiskobjeai.ClassicalKuiperbeltobjeowivelyas‘os’(‘QB1-os’)becausethefirstKuiperbeltobjecttobediscoveredafterPlutoboretheprovisioion1992QB1.

Plutoand

&iesofmostTNOsarepoorlykoanditssatellitearesuffitlylargeaohavebeeelescopicallyforseveraldecades.Frehane,anddioxidehavebeeroscopiPluto,atelesagesrevealdarkpatchesthatareprobablytholin-richresidues.Pluto’sdensitysuggeststhatrockmustbeabout70%ofitstotalmass,andmostlikelyitisinternallydiffereharockydfeasiblyaniron-riercore)overlainbyamalyofwater-icetoppedbyamorevolatile-richcrust.

Nearperihelion(ere1989),Plutohasamospherepossiblyderiton’s.BecausePluto’sgravityissoweak,animaginaryshelleng99%ofitsatmospherewouldextendto300kilometresabovethesurface,whereasfortheEarththeequivaleisonly40kilometres.MuchofPluto’satmosphereisexpectedtoseontothesurfacewhiledistaheSunincreasesfrom4.5billioperihelionto7.4billioaphelionin2113.Itisapitythatwemissedthecetostudy

Plutofredurihefly-pastbyNASA’sNewHorizonmissiontoPlutowillo2015,bywhichtimemuospheremayhavesedahe‘perma’surfaeathaseasonalshroudeo’s6.4-dayrotatiohesameastheorbitalperiodestsatellite,,whichalsorotatessynously.Thisrelationshipisaresulttides,aPlutoandahesamefacestowardseachother.Plutoismoreevenlymatsizeandmasstothaordlasestsatellite.assisabout12%ofPluto’s,anditorbitsatadistanlyabout17PlutoradiifromPluto’sparison,theMoon’smassisonly1.2%ofEarth’sanditsorbitalradiusis60Earthradii.’sproximitytoPlutoexplainswhyitremaiil1978.Pluto’stwosmallersatellites,NixandHydra,weredis2005.TheseorbitinPluto’sorbitalplaneio4:1and6:1orbitalresoh.

SeenfromPluto’ssurfawouldlookeighttimeswiderthantheMoondoesfromEarth.Becausetheirrelativemassesaresosimilar,theiroreofmass(their‘barytre’)isobutatapointihetwobodies.Althoughdoubleasteroidssuchas(90)AntiopeanddoubleKuiperbeltobjectssuchas2001QW332(200-kilometrediametertwins)areknown,Pluto-isthemostevenlymatchedpairamongbhtotasplasord>

’ssurfaier-icewithtraonia.ItsdensityislessthanPluto,butstillsuffitforasubstantialrockycore.ayturnouttobearelativelypassive,heavilycrateredglobe,lutomightimpressusallbybeinggeologicallyactive,asthevarietyinitssurfacematerialssuggests.

Oheremaybeareasonfororeaitslarger.ThisisbecausePluto’saxialinis119.6°(beihan90°,thismeansitsrotatirade).’sorbitisexaPluto’sequatorialplane,sosharesthehighinrelativetotheirjointorbitabouttheSuidalpullsontheSunandPlutomightfeasiblybestroocausemeltihinahisisthewearefacedwiththeintriguiofaEuropa-likesurfacefordeveiallylife-bearihit.Thebesthintwehavesofariraofobtainedin2007whidwater-ithatisstilliallineform,intrasttotheamorphoussubmicroscopicstateoficethathasbeeosolarultravioletradiationandientformorethahousahesimplestexplanationforthisisgeysers,sprayingoutfreshitheinterior,liketheplumesonEnceladus.

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&sPlutoaotherTNOsasrahetime.Ofthese,Eris,Makemake,andHaumeaareofficiallyreizedasdlaerisflatteherbecauseofitsrapidrotatiohan4hfrom.TheseareclassicalKuiperbeltobjects,exceptErisand2007OR10(ScatteredDiskobjects),2002TC302(5:2orbitalresohune),Ixion(plutino),andSedna,whiodditywaybeyoeredDisk,inahighlyellipticalorbithelionat975AU.

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ApartfromPluto,thesizesoftheseobjectsarepoorlykhoseforwhigleroundnumberisgiveheirdimeesbasedonassumptionsabouttheiralbedeoftheisunlighttheyreflect).Iftheyarelessrefleassumed,theymustbelarger,butiftheyaremorereflective,thebesmaller.Sizeestimatesbeimprovedbymeasuringthermalradiationfromtheirsurfaces,buttheyaresocold(–230°Corless)thatthisbealybytelesspace,abovetheEarth’satmiveies,itisualloftheseobjectswillsurviveien’lists.

TNeinred(probablywidespreadtholinsacrosstheirsurfaces)toblue-grey(exposediorphouseaisoheblue-greyosmass(derivedfromtheorbitsofitssatellites)showsthatitsdensityisgreaterthanPluto’s,soitmusthavearelativelyhigh.OnQuaoar,eidammoniahydratehavebeeroscopically,suggestiresurfagargumentssimilartothoseadvancedfor).Thiswouldrequireeithergeologicalaajorimpattogeasuffitlywidespreadtodomiru

&ween2%and3%ofTohavesatellites,whichissimilartotheabueroidswithsatellites.TheproportiohelargerTNOsandposesproblemsintryingtoatfin.

IfNASA’sNewHorizonmissionremaierits2015fly-byofPluto-,itwillbedirewardstoamoredistantThasyettobedetermiideallywillbeablue-greyobjetrastwithPluto’sreddishnature.

Atrau?

MostastrothatwehavediscoveredallthelargeobjegingtoourSolarSystely,thereothingofplaarysizehidingintheKuiperbelt.IfsuobjectwerepreseheKuiperbeltwouldbeunstable.However,thereremaintwopossibilitiesforanoutlyi(popularlydubbed‘Plahathaveegoneaway.Othereisah-massobjeindetricorbitbetween80and170AUfromtheSun.Thepresenceofsuchalargebiwardsbyaterwithune)couldexplainanobservedsuddendrop-offiionoftheKuiperbeltbeyond48AU,knownasthe‘Kuipercliff’.Itmightalsoatfortheextremesgevidencedbyobjectssua.

Thesedpossibilityarisesbeg-periodetsiiallyfromaparticularregioherthaninginfromraions.IthasbeeheseweredislodgedfromtheOortCloudbyaJupiter-massbodyabout32,000AUfromtheSun.Thiswouldbehard,butnotimpossible,todetectbytelescope.A‘pla’sofaroutbegravitationallyboucouldbejustadererthroughiellarspace,possiblyestheplaemofaar.

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