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Caption: Figure 7.
Semimajor axis evolution demonstrating diffusion in large-a TNOs with q ≲ 50 au, updated from Figure 5 in Bannister et al. (2017). Known TNOs are shown with OSSOS discoveries (light gray) and the multi-opposition MPC TNOs (dark gray), together with the outcome of a model simulating a Gyr of evolution of particles started on orbits in the inner Oort cloud (start: orange; outcome: blue through purple). The nine q > 30, a > 150 au OSSOS TNOs are named, as are the relevant MPC TNOs; 2000 CR105 (name shown in blue) is in a high-order resonance, while the four red-labeled MPC TNOs exhibit diffusion in the integrations in Bannister et al. (2017).
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