All planetesimals born near the Kuiper belt formed as binaries

Fraser W. C. , Bannister M. T. , Pike R. E. , Marsset M. , Schwamb M. E. , Kavelaars J. J. , Lacerda P. , Nesvorny D. , Volk K. , Delsanti A. , Benecchi S. , Lehner M. J. , Noll K. , Gladman B. , Jean-Marc C. Petit (1) , Gwyn S. , Chen Y.-T. , Wang S.-Y. , Alexandersen M. , Burdullis T. , Sheppard S. , Trujillo C.

1 UTINAM - Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213)

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

Fraser W. C., Bannister M. T., Pike R. E., Marsset M., Schwamb M. E., et al.. All planetesimals born near the Kuiper belt formed as binaries. Nature Astronomy, 2017, 1 (4), ⟨10.1038/s41550-017-0088⟩. ⟨hal-02373074⟩