Nathan A. Kaib

Planetary Science Institute — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

27h-index4.0kcitations139works2.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Astro and Planetary Science(115), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(77), Planetary Science and Exploration(57), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies(25), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research(18)

Publications138 total

Was the Solar System’s dynamical instability triggered by a (sub)stellar flyby?
Icarus·2025
Evaluating an embryo origin for detached TNOs within full Kuiper belt formation models
Icarus·2025Open Access
Evaluating an Embryo Origin for Detached TNOs within Full Kuiper Belt Formation Models
ArXiv.org·2025Open Access
Very-wide-orbit planets from dynamical instabilities during the stellar birth cluster phase
Nature Astronomy·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The influence of passing field stars on the solar system’s dynamical future
Icarus·2025· 2 cited
The Influence of Passing Field Stars on the Solar System's Dynamical Future
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
On the Early Thermal Processing of Planetesimals during and after the Giant Planet Instability
The Planetary Science Journal·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
A non-primordial origin for the widest binaries in the Kuiper belt
Nature Astronomy·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
On the early thermal processing of planetesimals during and after the giant planet instability
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
More realistic planetesimal masses alter Kuiper belt formation models and add stochasticity
Icarus·2024· 6 cited
More Realistic Planetesimal Masses Alter Kuiper Belt Formation Models and Add Stochasticity
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
The Disk Orientations of Perseus Protostellar Multiples at ∼8 au Resolution
The Astrophysical Journal·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Passing Stars as an Important Driver of Paleoclimate and the Solar System's Orbital Evolution
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
Passing Stars as an Important Driver of Paleoclimate and the Solar System’s Orbital Evolution
The Astrophysical Journal Letters·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
The Disk Orientations of Perseus Protostellar Multiples at 8 au Resolution
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
Future trajectories of the Solar System: dynamical simulations of stellar encounters within 100 au
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Future trajectories of the Solar System: dynamical simulations of stellar encounters within 100 au
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
A Non-Primordial Origin for the Widest Binaries in the Kuiper Belt
2023Open Access
The OSSOS++ comprehensive model of the Kuiper belt
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2023Open Access
Oort cloud (exo)planets
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Sean N. Raymond(20), Matthew S. Clement(10), John Chambers(6), Thomas Quinn(5), Michele T. Bannister(5), Samantha Lawler(5), Cory Shankman(4), J. J. Kavelaars(4), Brett Gladman(4), Mike Alexandersen(4), Jean-Marc Petit(4), Kathryn Volk(4), André Izidoro(4), Ying-Tung Chen(3), Stephen Gwyn(3), Kevin R. Covey(2), Željko Ivezić(2), Robert H. Lupton(2), Marcel A. Agüeros(2), John J. Bochanski(2)