Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1992, minor planet (15760) Albion was discovered, the first Kuiper belt object (KBO) since Pluto (in 1930) and Charon (in 1978). [16] Since its discovery, the number of known KBOs has increased to thousands, and more than 100,000 KBOs over 100 km (62 mi) in diameter are thought to exist. [17]
The first known collisional family in the classical Kuiper belt—a group of objects thought to be remnants from the breakup of a single body—is the Haumea family. [15] It includes Haumea, its moons, 2002 TX 300 and seven smaller bodies.
Decoding its provisional designation, "QB 1" reveals that it was the 27th object found in the second half of August of that year. As of January 2018, around 2,400 further objects have been found beyond Neptune, a majority of which are classical Kuiper belt objects. It was named after Albion from William Blake's mythology. [14]
Kuiper belt (>1,000) (scale in AU; epoch as of January 2015; # of objects in parentheses) These Solar System minor planets are the furthest from the Sun as of December 2021. The objects have been categorized by their approximate current distance from the Sun, and not by the calculated aphelion of their orbit. The list changes over time because ...
Clyde William Tombaugh (/ ˈ t ɒ m b aʊ /; February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer.He discovered Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt.
Other objects, such as 28978 Ixion (discovered in 2001) and 20000 Varuna (discovered in 2000) measure roughly 500 km across. [1] This has led gradually to the acceptance of Pluto as the largest member of the Kuiper belt. [citation needed] The brightest known dwarf planets and other KBOs (with absolute magnitudes < 4.0) are:
Once you take a closer look, this scrappy object (called a cold classical Kuiper Belt Object) is actually fascinating. The mysterious object NASA is visiting in 2019 might have its very own moon ...
The survey has also established the mean Kuiper Belt plane and introduced new formal definitions of the dynamical classes of Kuiper belt objects. [2] The remarkable first observations and/or discoveries include: [3] 28978 Ixion, large plutino; 19521 Chaos ; 1998 WW 31, the first binary trans-Neptunian object (TNO) (148209) 2000 CR 105, the ...