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Kuiper Belt - http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/kb.html Guide to KBOs and recent research by Dr. David Jewitt of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy |
Caltech: Quaoar - http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~chad/quaoar/ Frequently Asked Questions About Quaoar |
List of Transneptunian Objects - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/TNOs.html Lists currently known transneptunian objects, also known as Kuiper Belt Objects. Updated daily. |
Distant EKOs - http://www.boulder.swri.edu/ekonews/ The Newsletter is dedicated to the dissemination of research relevant to the Kuiper belt. The goal is to provide researchers with easy and rapid access to current observational and theoretical studies of the Kuiper belt, directly related objects, and other areas of research. |
The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud - http://www.nineplanets.org/kboc.html Primer on objects in the outer solar system from The Nine Planets multimedia tour of the solar system. |
Lowell Observatory: Deep Ecliptic Survey - http://www.lowell.edu/Research/DES/ The official home page of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, an initial reconaissance of the Kuiper Belt |
European Southern Observatory: Virtual Telescope Observes Large Asteroid - http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2001/phot-27-01.html European Southern Observatory images of 2001 KX76 |
Distant EKOs: The Kuiper Belt Electronic Newsletter - http://www.boulder.swri.edu/ekonews/issues/ Recent and past issues of the Distant EKOs Newsletter, a review of the science and current events surrounding Kuiper Belt Objects |
10th Planet Discovered - http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/29jul_planetx.htm NASA science article on this newly discovered Kuiper object. |
The Tenth Planet - http://www.tenthplanet.info/ Offers a collection of articles on the discovery of the tenth planet, 2003 UB313. |
science.nasa.gov: Hubble Spots the Biggest World Since Pluto - http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/07oct_newworld.htm NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has measured Quaoar and found it to be 1300 km wide. |
nationalgeographic.com: 800-Mile-Wide "Object" Found in Solar System - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1003_021007_quaoar.html Astronomers have discovered the largest object in the solar system since Pluto was named the ninth planet in 1930. |
How Big Is 2001 KX76? - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010830.html Size comparison of 2001 KX76 and other known objects. From NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day. |
swri.edu: A Kuiper Belt Glossary - http://www.boulder.swri.edu/ekonews/glossary.html This page lists acronyms and definitions of terms used in Kuiper belt research. |
A Deep Ecliptic Survey for Kuiper Belt Objects - http://www.noao.edu/noao/noaonews/jun00/node2.html A description of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, a systematic search for Kuiper Belt Objects using large telescopes. |
STScI: Hubble Hunts Down Binary Objects at the Fringe of Our Solar System - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2002/04/ 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." |
Discovery Announcement of 2001 KX76 - http://www.noao.edu/outreach/press/pr01/pr0110.html From the National Optical Astronomy Observatory Newsletter |
Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) - http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/kuiper.html Basic information on the Kuiper Belt from ORRERY: the solar system in action. |
Scientific American: Journey to the Farthest Planet - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0009D736-1E25-1CD4-B4A8809EC588EEDF 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 - http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/news-release/releases/2001/01-121.htm 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. |
2003-UB313 10th Planet of the Solar System - http://www.2003-ub313.info/ An article on a large object in the Kuiper Belt that may be the tenth planet. |
UniSci: Some Kuiper Belt Objects Turn Out To Be Binary Pairs - http://unisci.com/stories/20022/0418024.htm 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. |
Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission team dedicates Science Operations Center - http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/tombaugh.htm 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. |
Views of the Solar System: Oort Cloud - http://www.solarviews.com/eng/oort.htm Definition and overview. |
What's in the Oort Cloud? Both Less and More, New Study Suggests - http://www.planetary.org/html/news/articlearchive/headlines/2001/Oort1.htm/ Article discusses the nature of the spherical cloud of comets that surrounds our solar system. |
