▪ Abstract The Kuiper Belt consists of a large number of small, solid bodies in heliocentric
orbit beyond Neptune. Discovered as recently as 1992, the Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) are …

Over the past three decades, we have witnessed one of the great revolutions in our
understanding of the cosmos—the dawn of the Exoplanet Era. Where once we knew of just …

" The study of planet formation has a long history. The idea that the Solar System formed
from a rotating disk of gas and dust-the Nebula Hypothesis-dates back to the writings of …

In an attempt to develop a deterministic theory for planet formation, we examine the
accretion of cores of giant planets from planetesimals, gas accretion onto the cores, and …

The apparent dependence of detection frequency of extrasolar planets on the metallicity of
their host stars is investigated with Monte Carlo simulations using a deterministic core …

The origin of a recently discovered close-in Neptune-mass planet around GJ 436 poses a
challenge to the current theories of planet formation. On the basis of the sequential accretion …

We develop a general method for determining the unbiased inclination distribution of the
Kuiper belt using only the inclination and latitude of discovery of known Kuiper belt objects …

We know little about the outermost exoplanets in planetary systems because our detection
methods are insensitive to moderate-mass planets on wide orbits. However, debris discs …

We use the current orbital structure of large (> 50 km) asteroids in the main asteroid belt to
constrain the evolution of the giant planets when they migrated from their primordial orbits to …

The size distribution in the Kuiper Belt records physical processes operating during the
formation and subsequent evolution of the solar system. This paper reports a study of the …