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Kuiper Belt may be born of collisions

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Diversity of objects and frequency of pairs not easily accounted for by standard models of planet formation.

The cold and shadowy fringe of the solar system known as the Kuiper belt is generating increasing debate among scientists as data accumulates on the growing population of objects discovered there. Now, two new studies of Kuiper belt objects presented 5 October at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences in Pasadena, California, may reveal a crucial hole a prevailing model of the solar system's early history.

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Lovett, R. Kuiper Belt may be born of collisions. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.522

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