The First Decadal Review of the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt

A decade after the confirmation of the Kuiper Belt's existence, 80 of the world's experts gathered in Chile to review what has been learned since 1992. This record of the meeting is enhanced by several specially solicited papers covering additional material not presented at the conference. The volume includes papers on the dynamics of the trans-Neptunian region, the results of deep surveys for the new objects and the evidence for an outer Edge to the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt. Physical observations of many objects are described and attempts are made to bring these data into some coherent picture of the distant solar system. The interior physics of these distant, icy objects, and the link between the Kuiper Belt and dust disks around other stars are also considered. Of particular interest is a set of papers on how the surfaces of distant asteroids are affected by various types of radiation, an area crucial to the interpretation of data being collected by large ground based telescopes. Suitable for professional astronomers and PhD students working in the field of planetary science. Front Matter....Pages i-xii The Kuiper Belt and Its Primordial Sculpting....Pages 1-27 The Common Origin of the High Inclination TNO’s....Pages 29-42 The Scattered Disk Population and the Oort Cloud....Pages 43-48 Resonant and Secular Families of the Kuiper Belt....Pages 49-62 Tridimensional Dissipative Semi-Numerical Model....Pages 63-71 Transneptunian Object Ephemeris Service ( tnoeph )....Pages 73-78 The Late Heavy Bombardment in the Inner Solar System: Is There Any Connection to Kuiper Belt Objects?....Pages 79-87 Migration of Trans-Neptunian Objects to the Terrestrial Planets....Pages 89-98 The Caltech Wide Area Sky Survey....Pages 99-112 Procedures, Resources and Selected Results of the Deep Ecliptic Survey....Pages 113-124 Initial Results from the Southern Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Survey....Pages 125-130 Colour Properties and Trends in Trans-Neptunian Objects....Pages 131-144 Results from the ESO Large Program on Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs....Pages 145-156 Colours and Composition of the Centaurs....Pages 157-167 Search for Cometary Activity in KBO (24952) 1997 QJ 4 ....Pages 169-181 Near-Infrared Colors of the Binary Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WW 31 ....Pages 183-191 Spectrophotometry of Kuiper Belt Objects 20000 Varuna, 2000 EB 173 and Centaur 10199 Chariklo....Pages 193-199 Opposition Effect of Kuiper Belt Objects: Preliminary Estimations....Pages 201-206 Hawaii Kuiper Belt Variability Project: An Update....Pages 207-219 The Shape Distribution of Kuiper Belt Objects....Pages 221-232 A Numerical Check of the Collisional Resurfacing Scenario....Pages 233-241 Toward a Taxonomy of the Edgeworth—Kuiper Objects: A Multivariate Approach....Pages 243-250 HST Photometry of Trans-Neptunian Objects....Pages 251-260 Proton Irradiation of Centaur, Kuiper Belt, and Oort Cloud Objects at Plasma to Cosmic Ray Energy....Pages 261-277 Ion Irradiation of Asphaltite: Optical Effects and Implications for Trans-Neptunian Objects and Centaurs....Pages 279-289 Radiation Products in Processed Ices Relevant to Edgeworth-Kuiper-Belt Objects....Pages 291-306 Laboratory Studies on Silicates Relevant for the Physics of TNOs....Pages 307-314 Spectral Models of Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs....Pages 315-330 Mixing Models, Colors and Thermal Emissions....Pages 331-336 Laboratory Studies of Icy Regoliths in Relation to Observations of Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System....Pages 337-343 Hydrated Silicates on Edgeworth-Kuiper Objects — Probable Ways of Formation....Pages 345-357 Early Thermal and Structural Evolution of Small Bodies in the Trans-Neptunian Zone....Pages 359-374 Pluto’s Atmosphere and a Targeted-Occultation Search for Other Bound KBO Atmospheres....Pages 375-393 Transneptunian Binaries....Pages 395-407 Physical Characterization of the Binary Edgeworth—Kuiper Belt Object 2001 QT 297 ....Pages 409-421 Extrasolar Analogues to the Kuiper Belt....Pages 423-434 Planetary Perturbers in Debris Disks....Pages 435-445 Planet X and the Extended Scattered Disk....Pages 447-452 Research of Small Kuiper Belt Objects by Stellar Occultations....Pages 453-457 TAOS: The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey....Pages 459-464 Project Pan-STARRS and the Outer Solar System....Pages 465-476 New Horizons: The First Reconnaissance Mission to Bodies in the Kuiper Belt....Pages 477-482 Finding KBO Flyby Targets for New Horizons....Pages 483-491 “The Forest and the Trees” — Summary of an Atacama Workshop....Pages 493-498