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The discovery of binaries among the population of transneptunian objects is a landmark advance in the study of this remote region of the solar system. Determination of binary orbits will enable direct determination of system masses, fundamental for determination of density, internal structure, and bulk composition. The mere existence of binaries with the observed separations and apparent masses constrains models of planetary formation.
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Noll, K.S. (2004). Transneptunian Binaries. In: Davies, J.K., Barrera, L.H. (eds) The First Decadal Review of the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3321-2_34
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