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The Exploration of the Transneptunian Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Brian G. Marsden*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138

Abstract

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The recognition of the extensive population of bodies in the outer Solar System has been arguably the most significant discovery about the Solar System from groundbased observations during the twentieth century. Our understanding of the transneptunian population is still quite flawed in its details, although a plausible picture has been emerging.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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