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MichaelT
post Mar 21 2006, 03:40 PM
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I will have to give a public talk on TNOs in mid-April (including the recent discovery of 2003 UB313 etc.). That will be the local (Hannover, Germany) astronomy club's monthly presentation of an astronomy-related topic.

I already collected some material, but it would be great if you could point me to additional web-based or other sources (publications, review papers) on that topic (eg. origin, nature, ... of TNOs).

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Michael
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Jyril
post Mar 21 2006, 07:22 PM
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Are you familiar with the Distant EKOs electronic newsletter? It is devoted on the TNOs, and has many lists of papers on the subject.


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MichaelT
post Mar 22 2006, 04:49 PM
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QUOTE (Jyril @ Mar 21 2006, 08:22 PM) *
Are you familiar with the Distant EKOs electronic newsletter? It is devoted on the TNOs, and has many lists of papers on the subject.


Thanks, that's a very interesting page smile.gif. I didn't know that one.

Michael
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post Mar 22 2006, 09:28 PM
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Here's a list of topics you could cover

Population types
color vs distance
orbital parameters (plutinos, resonances with Neptune, classic, scattered disk)
Oddball orbits (maybe affected by a passing star)
Size
Effect of Milky Way/etc on discovery (harder to look for TNOs near galactic plane)
Formation
Binaries, by collisions and capture
Pluto/Charon/minor moons
Pluto's albedo differences
New Horizons


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Bob Shaw
post Mar 23 2006, 11:12 AM
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QUOTE (hendric @ Mar 22 2006, 09:28 PM) *
Here's a list of topics you could cover

Population types
color vs distance
orbital parameters (plutinos, resonances with Neptune, classic, scattered disk)
Oddball orbits (maybe affected by a passing star)
Size
Effect of Milky Way/etc on discovery (harder to look for TNOs near galactic plane)
Formation
Binaries, by collisions and capture
Pluto/Charon/minor moons
Pluto's albedo differences
New Horizons


And:

Other spacecraft explorations
TNOs as a part of the evolving perception of the history of the Solar System
Make-up

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MichaelT
post Apr 4 2006, 07:34 AM
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Thanks hendric and Bob!
I will include most of the topics you proposed.

Michael
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post Apr 12 2006, 04:59 PM
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Also, you might want to discuss 2003 UB313 as a separate, unique topic, Indeed, the latest findings indicate that it's quite bright, with an unusually uniform surface. Later!

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