Centaurs /

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"Version: 20250501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction / Kathryn Volk, Maria Womack and Jordan Steckloff -- 2. Formation of planetesimals in the outer solar system / Anders Johansen, Michele T Bannister, Luke Dones, Seth Jacobson, Kelsi Singer, Kathryn Volk and Maria Womack -- 3. Dynamics of centaurs and links to scattering and comet populations / Romina P. Di Sisto, Tabare Gallardo and Luke Dones -- 4. Centaur nuclei : sizes, shapes, spins, and structure / Y.R. Fern?andez, M.W. Buie, P. Lacerda and R. Marschall -- 5. Surface properties and composition / Nuno Peixinho, Javier Licandro, Eva Lilly, Alvaro Alvarez-Candal, A.C. Souza-Feliciano and Tom Seccull -- 6. Volatiles / Kathleen Mandt, Oleksandra Ivanova, Olga Harrington Pinto, Nathan X. Roth and Darryl Z. Seligman -- 7. Evolutionary processes in the centaur region / Rosita Kokotanekova, Aur?elie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Matthew M. Knight and Jean-Baptiste Vincent -- 8. Activity, outbursts and explosions / James Bauer, Oleksandra Ivanova, Adam McKay and Gal Sarid -- 9. The near-centaur environment : satellites, rings, and debris / A.A. Sickafoose, S.M. Giuliatti Winter, R. Leiva, C.B. Olkin, D. Ragozzine and L.M. Woodney -- 10. Notable and well-studied centaurs / Theodore Kareta, Charles Schambeau and Kacper Wierzchos -- 11. Observational campaigns / L.M. Woodney, S. Faggi, J. Noonan and A.A. Sickafoose -- 12. Centaurs' deep interiors / Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Paul S?anchez and Gal Sarid -- 13. Laboratory studies applicable to centaurs / Julie Brisset, J?urgen Blum, Elsa H?enault, Mark Burchell, Will Grundy, Murthy S. Gudipati and Rosario Brunetto -- 14. New observational studies : early results from JWST and future prospects with JWST and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory / Estela Fern?andez-Valenzuela, Aur?elie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Megan E. Schwamb, Bryan J. Holler, Flavia L. Rommel and Charles Schambeau -- 15. Cosmochemistry and astrobiology of centaurs as remnants of icy planetesimals / M. Telus and Z. Martins -- 16. Centaur missions / Walter Harris, S. Alan Stern and Geronimo L. Villanueva -- 17. Highlights and the next ten years for centaur research / Maria Womack, Kathryn Volk and Jordan Steckloff.Full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.Centaur research is entering a transformative era. Centaurs are small, icy bodies in the solar system's giant planet region. They spent ~4.5 Gyr in cold storage in Trans-Neptunian populations before recently (~10 Myr ago) moving onto giant-planet-crossing orbits. Studying them helps us understand thermal and cometary processes from the early solar system. This is the first book dedicated to Centaurs, featuring contributions from over 60 experts. It covers their discovery, current knowledge on observations, modeling, experiments, and mission concepts. Highlighting their significance, the book discusses exciting developments from the Vera Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), JWST, and other observatories, offering recommendations for future studies and exploration.Astronomers and planetary scientists who study the solar system.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Kat Volk received a Ph.D. in planetary science from the University of Arizona. She was awarded the American Astronomical Society Division on Dynamical Astronomy's Vera Rubin Early Career Prize and is currently a Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. Maria Womack received a Ph.D. in physics from Arizona State University. She received the NSF CAREER award for planetary astronomy. She serves as Affiliate Professor for the University of Central Florida and University of Victoria, and is on the American Astronomical Society's Editorial Board. She is also employed by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Jordan Steckloff received a Ph.D. in physics from Purdue University. He is currently a Research Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, where he continues investigating the effects of sublimative processes and mass wasting on comet nuclei.Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 2, 2025).

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Solar system - the Sun & planets.
Centaur objects.
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