The Kuiper Belt
The Nice Model also helps solve the so-called Missing Mass Problem in the Kuiper belt:
- The observed Kuiper belt objects are big:
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| 2003 UB313 |
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.... Pluto 25 |
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2005 FY9 |
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2003 EL61 |
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Sedna 2 |
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Orcus 2 |
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- We need >10ME in 30-50AU for them to grow (Stern; Stern & Colwell; Kenyon & Luu).
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- But, there is only <~0.1ME of material there now! (Trujillo & Brown; Bernstein et al.)