The Kuiper Belt is a disk-shaped region past the orbit of Neptune roughly 30 to 100 AU from the Sun containing many small icy bodies. It is now considered to be the source of the short-period comets. ...
This page was last updated on August 24th, 2008
This page was last updated on August 24th, 2008
Kuiper Belt (from Solar System)
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Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission team dedicates Science Operations Center
On Monday, February 4, on what would have been the 96th birthday of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde W. Tombaugh, NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission team announced the dedication of its Science Operations Center in his honor.
Caltech: Quaoar
Frequently Asked Questions About Quaoar
Kuiper Belt
Guide to KBOs and recent research by Dr. David Jewitt of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
nationalgeographic.com: 800-Mile-Wide "Object" Found in Solar System
Astronomers have discovered the largest object in the solar system since Pluto was named the ninth planet in 1930.
How Big Is 2001 KX76?
Size comparison of 2001 KX76 and other known objects. From NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Discovery Announcement of 2001 KX76
From the National Optical Astronomy Observatory Newsletter
science.nasa.gov: Hubble Spots the Biggest World Since Pluto
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has measured Quaoar and found it to be 1300 km wide.
A Deep Ecliptic Survey for Kuiper Belt Objects
A description of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, a systematic search for Kuiper Belt Objects using large telescopes.
New Horizons
An unmanned Pluto-Kuiper Belt probe study. New Horizons, if approved, would launch in 2006.
swri.edu: A Kuiper Belt Glossary
This page lists acronyms and definitions of terms used in Kuiper belt research.
STScI: Hubble Hunts Down Binary Objects at the Fringe of Our Solar System
The Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of a puzzling new class of solar system object that might be called a Pluto "mini-me."
Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs)
Basic information on the Kuiper Belt from ORRERY: the solar system in action.
UniSci: Some Kuiper Belt Objects Turn Out To Be Binary Pairs
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of an intriguing new class of solar system objects -- dim and fleeting objects that travel in pairs in the frigid, mysterious outer realm of the solar system called the Kuiper Belt.
List of Transneptunian Objects
Lists currently known transneptunian objects, also known as Kuiper Belt Objects. Updated daily.
Scientific American: Journey to the Farthest Planet
Scientists are finally preparing to send a spacecraft to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, the last unexplored region of our planetary system. By S. Alan Stern
NASA Goddard Joins Team to Explore the Solar System's Final Frontier
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has joined a team led by the Southwest Research Institute to begin design studies for what could be the first spacecraft to visit PLuto and the Kuiper Belt.
The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud
Primer on objects in the outer solar system from The Nine Planets multimedia tour of the solar system.
Distant EKOs: The Kuiper Belt Electronic Newsletter
Recent and past issues of the Distant EKOs Newsletter, a review of the science and current events surrounding Kuiper Belt Objects
European Southern Observatory: Virtual Telescope Observes Large Asteroid
European Southern Observatory images of 2001 KX76
Lowell Observatory: Deep Ecliptic Survey
The official home page of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, an initial reconaissance of the Kuiper Belt
On Monday, February 4, on what would have been the 96th birthday of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde W. Tombaugh, NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission team announced the dedication of its Science Operations Center in his honor.
Frequently Asked Questions About Quaoar
Guide to KBOs and recent research by Dr. David Jewitt of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
Astronomers have discovered the largest object in the solar system since Pluto was named the ninth planet in 1930.
Size comparison of 2001 KX76 and other known objects. From NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.
From the National Optical Astronomy Observatory Newsletter
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has measured Quaoar and found it to be 1300 km wide.
A description of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, a systematic search for Kuiper Belt Objects using large telescopes.
An unmanned Pluto-Kuiper Belt probe study. New Horizons, if approved, would launch in 2006.
This page lists acronyms and definitions of terms used in Kuiper belt research.
The Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of a puzzling new class of solar system object that might be called a Pluto "mini-me."
Basic information on the Kuiper Belt from ORRERY: the solar system in action.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of an intriguing new class of solar system objects -- dim and fleeting objects that travel in pairs in the frigid, mysterious outer realm of the solar system called the Kuiper Belt.
Lists currently known transneptunian objects, also known as Kuiper Belt Objects. Updated daily.
Scientists are finally preparing to send a spacecraft to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, the last unexplored region of our planetary system. By S. Alan Stern
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has joined a team led by the Southwest Research Institute to begin design studies for what could be the first spacecraft to visit PLuto and the Kuiper Belt.
Primer on objects in the outer solar system from The Nine Planets multimedia tour of the solar system.
Recent and past issues of the Distant EKOs Newsletter, a review of the science and current events surrounding Kuiper Belt Objects
European Southern Observatory images of 2001 KX76
The official home page of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, an initial reconaissance of the Kuiper Belt
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Pluto is not a planet, but a moon of Neptune.
Pluto Is Not a Planet, but a Moon of Neptune 60 years ago, at 1947, the late Mohammed Ali Hassan Al
Pluto Is Not a Planet, but a Moon of Neptune 60 years ago, at 1947, the late Mohammed Ali Hassan Al
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Originally Posted by hermanntrude jupiter could almost be considered a brown dwarf Poor Jupiter. On
Originally Posted by hermanntrude jupiter could almost be considered a brown dwarf Poor Jupiter. On
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