Some Remarks About Solar System Structure, Models, Observations and Wing Ip

Abstract

This is an opinion-piece based on a talk given at the Summer 2017 Serendipities in the Solar System ("Ip-Fest") meeting in Taiwan. I begin with an overview of the new solar system, then discuss modelling attempts, then the distribution of optical colors as a proxy for the distribution of compositions, and I end with remarks about Wing Ip.