Solar System Objects  

Asteroids > s.a. {comets below}; Yarkovsky Effect.
* Formation: Probably in the flat disk around a star, either from leftover gas and dust, or as chunks of protoplanets as a result of collisions.
* Missions: 1996, Probe NEAR launched; 1999, Deep Space 1 encounters Braille; 2000, NEAR meets Eros.
* Examples: Braille (between Earth and Mars, chunk of Vesta?); Castalia; Ceres (largest); Eros; Gaspra; Ida (binary); Mathilde; Toutatis; Vesta (in asteroid belt, diameter 325 mi).
@ General references: Peebles 00 [history]; Asphaug SA(00)may; issue PT(04)apr.
@ And Earth: Gehrels SA(96)mar [NEOs]; Foschini A&A(99)ap/98 [Tunguska event]; Namouni et al ap/99 [co-orbital asteroid 3753 Cruithne]; Wiegert et al ap/99/Icarus, Skokos & Dokoumetzidis A&A-ap/00 [Trojan]; Schweickart et al SA(03)nov, Lu & Love Nat-ap/05 [NEO tractor]; Polishook & Brosch ap/06-in [binary NEOs]; Gratton & Perazzo AJP(06)sep [catastrophic impacts]; Gasperini SA(08)may [Tunguska event]; Tricarico CQG(09) [detection, with LISA]; > s.a. logic [fuzzy logic characterization].
@ Evolution: Rubin AS(97); Cheng Icarus(04); Dell'Oro et al Icarus(04); Durda et al Icarus(04) [impacts and satellites]; Rubin SA(05)may [impacts and heating]; Morbidelli et al Icarus-a0907 [planetesimal size distribution].
@ Chaotic motion: Mikkola & Innauen MNRAS(95); > s.a. lyapunov exponents.
@ Related topics: Holman Nat(97)jun + pn(97)jun [new belt between Uranus & Neptune]; Klacka ap/00 [and solar wind, radiation]; Marchis et al Nat(05)aug [triple system 87 Sylvia]; Lämmerzahl et al gq/06-in [anomalies]; news SFN(08)jul [reason for binaries is YORP effect].

Comets
* Idea: Roughly spherical ice and rock balls, from the nebula out of which the solar system condensed; Most are located in the Kuiper belt and Oort cloud.
@ General references: Brandt & Chapman 92; Hughes CP(94) [and asteroids]; Schaaf 97; Nuth AS(01) [formation]; Efroimsky ASR(02)ap/01; Fernández 05 [r PT(06)sep]; Brownlee PT(08)jun [and early solar system]; Crovisier et al a0901-in [chemical diversity].
@ Halley's: Balsiger et al SA(88); Gurzadyan & Vardanyan A&G(04)phy [87 BC].
@ Related topics: Frogel & Gould ApJL-ap/98 [comet showers]; Schechner 99 [culture and history]; Ipatov ap/01-in [near Earth]; Delsemme AS(01) [and Earth's water]; Cirkovic EMP(02)ap/03 [Fontenelle's anthropic argument]; Kak phy/03 [XV-XVI century Kashmiri chronicles]; issue Icarus(04)167#1 [19P/Borrelly]; Maston SA(09)oct [and close stellar passages].
@ Extrasolar: Lecavelier des Etangs et al A&A-ap/98.

Meteoroids
@ Danger for space navigation: Foschini in(99)phy/98.
@ Meteorites: Heide & Wlotzka 95.
@ Meteors: Yang et al Icarus(05)ap [Asian historical records].

Kuiper Belt and TNOs > s.a. anomalous acceleration [Pioneer effect]; {comets above}.
@ General references: Brown PT(04)apr; Jewitt et al a0808-in.
@ Pluto: Stern & Mitton 97 [+Charon, r: pw(98)mar, 2nd ed 06]; Stern SA(02)may [mission]; Stern et al ap/05 [quadruple system]; Weaver et al Nat-ap/06 [2 new satellites]; Stern SSR(08)-a0709 [New Horizons overview].
@ Related topics: Luu & Jewitt SA(96)may; Jewitt pw(99)jul; Malhotra et al ap/99; Durda & Stern Icarus(00)ap/99; Trujillo et al ap/99; Trujillo AS(03)sep; Grundy et al ap/05 [albedos]; Kobayashi et al Icarus(05) [early stellar encounter?]; Brown et al ApJL(05)ap, ApJL(06)ap/06 [2003 UB313 larger than Pluto]; Funato ap/05-in [binaries]; Chiang et al ap/06-in [rev]; Cooray Nat(06)ap [a quadrillion objects?]; Iorio MNRAS(07)gq/06 [total mass estimate]; Carraro et al A&AL-ap/06 [Eris]; Leinhardt et al a0705-in [collisions]; Lykawka & Mukai AJ(09)-a0712 [origin, outer planet]; Lacerda a0911 [sizes].

Oort Cloud and Further Out > s.a. {comets above}.
@ General references: Weissman SA(98)sep; Brown et al ApJ(04)ap [Sedna].
@ Solar environment: Frogel & Gould ApJL(98)ap [Death Star]; Lamers & Gieles ap/07-in [absence of star clusters]; Kaib & Quinn Icarus-a0707 [Oort Cloud and open cluster environment]; Wickramasinghe & Napier a0803 [impact cratering and passage through galactic plane]; Murphy & Bessell a0806-in [stars within 150 pc]; > s.a. interstellar matter [including local bubble], stars [properties of nearby stars].

In General, Other Objects > s.a. astronomical objects; earth [orbit]; solar planets [planets, satellites, Moon].
@ General references: Capelle EJP(04)phy [angle and time measurements]; Visser & Yunes ap/04, ap/04 [mass distribution from critical collapse]; Zakamska & Tremaine AJ(05)ap [constraints on acceleration and extra bodies]; Zakhozhay et al ap/06-in [catalog of satellites and minor planets]; Weintraub 06 [historical; r PT(07)oct].
@ Formation, evolution: Woolfson 00, 07; Williams a0808-in [and massive star death]; Boss et al ApJL(08) + pt(08) [numerical evidence for supernova trigger]; Lodders et al a0901 [element abundance]; Crida a0903-in; Aumer & Binney MNRAS-a0905 [solar neighborhood]; Booth et al MNRAS(09)-a0906 [debris disk and asteroids]; > s.a. chaotic systems [stability].

The Sun > s.a. {#Anaxagoras}; stars [radius].
* Parameters: MSun = (1.988435 0.000027) × 1030 kg (2000); Tcorona up to 108 K seen [@ Glanz Sci(96)jun + pn(96)jul].
* Solar wind: An e-p plasma blowing away from the Sun at 400–800 km/sec, like a tenuous atmosphere (heliosphere) extending over most of the solar system.
* Oscillations: 5-minute oscillations have been seen for a long time.
@ General references: Kippenhahn 94; Phillips 95 [r PT(96)feb]; Bahcall BL(01)ap/00 [history]; Parker PT(00)jun; Golub & Pasachoff 01; Bahcall NPPS(03)ap/02-in [history of models]; Portegies Zwart a0903/ApJL, SA(09)nov [siblings].
@ Helioseismology: Harvey PT(95)oct; Couvidat et al ap/02/ApJ [and neutrinos]; Houdek & Gough a0812 [and solar age].
@ Interior: Bahcall PRL(93)hp [Tcore]; Bahcall et al PRL(03) [pp vs CNO], ApJ(04)ap [depth of convective zone].
@ Chemical abundances: Bahcall & Serenelli ApJ(05)ap/04 [and neutrino fluxes]; Asplund et al ARAA(09)-a0909; Melendez et al ApJL-a0909 [and planet formation].
@ Corona: Golub & Pasachoff 97; Dwivedi & Phillips SA(01)jun.
@ Solar wind: Woo & Habbal AS(02) [origin]; Cranmer ap/04-in [review, and SOHO]; Kasper et al PRL(08) + Bale Phy(08) [heating mechanism].
@ Acitivity: Holman SA(06)apr [flares]; Usoskin LRSP-a0810 [long-term behavior].
@ Missions: Lang SA(97)mar [SOHO]; Smith & Marsden SA(98)jan [Ulysses].
@ Related topics: Lydon & Sofia PRL(96) [multipoles, and Mercury precession]; Ilyanok ap/99 [!!!]; Sigismondi AJP(02)nov [angular diameter]; Orozco Suárez et al A&A-a0712 [magnetic field and granules].


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