Kuiper belt, the Glossary
The Kuiper belt is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun.[1]
Table of Contents
173 relations: Absolute magnitude, Acetylene, Alastair G. W. Cameron, Albedo, American Geosciences Institute, Ammonia, Apparent magnitude, Applied Physics Laboratory, Apsis, Armin Otto Leuschner, Asteroid, Asteroid belt, Asteroid capture, Astronomer, Astronomical naming conventions, Astronomical unit, Blink comparator, Brian G. Marsden, Carbon monoxide, Centaur (small Solar System body), Ceres (dwarf planet), Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Charge-coupled device, Charles T. Kowal, Charon (moon), Chemical compound, Chemical element, Circumstellar disc, Classical Kuiper belt object, Clearing the neighbourhood, Clyde Tombaugh, Comet, Comet Hale–Bopp, Comet nucleus, Contact binary (small Solar System body), Cosmic ray, Cryovolcano, David C. Jewitt, Debris disk, Definition of planet, Discover (magazine), Dwarf planet, Earth mass, Ecliptic, Ecliptic coordinate system, Eris (dwarf planet), Ethane, Ethylene, Expected value, Five-planet Nice model, ... Expand index (123 more) »
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1992
- Extraterrestrial water
- Kuiper belt objects
- Trans-Neptunian region
Absolute magnitude
In astronomy, absolute magnitude is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale.
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Acetylene
Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula and structure.
Alastair G. W. Cameron
Alastair G. W. (Graham Walter) Cameron (21 June 1925 – 3 October 2005) was an American–Canadian astrophysicist and space scientist who was an eminent staff member of the Astronomy department of Harvard University.
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Albedo
Albedo is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body.
American Geosciences Institute
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is a nonprofit federation of about 50 geoscientific and professional organizations that represents geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.
Apparent magnitude
Apparent magnitude is a measure of the brightness of a star or other astronomical object.
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Applied Physics Laboratory
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (or simply Applied Physics Laboratory, or APL) is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center (UARC) in Howard County, Maryland.
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Apsis
An apsis is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body.
Armin Otto Leuschner
Armin Otto Leuschner (January 16, 1868 – April 22, 1953) was an American astronomer and educator.
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Asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System. Kuiper belt and asteroid are solar System.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. Kuiper belt and asteroid belt are solar System.
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Asteroid capture
Asteroid capture is an orbital insertion of an asteroid around a larger planetary body.
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Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.
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Astronomical naming conventions
In ancient times, only the Sun and Moon, a few stars, and the most easily visible planets had names.
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Astronomical unit
The astronomical unit (symbol: au, or AU) is a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to.
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Blink comparator
A blink comparator is a viewing apparatus formerly used by astronomers to find differences between two photographs of the night sky.
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Brian G. Marsden
Brian Geoffrey Marsden (5 August 1937 – 18 November 2010) was a British astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Center for Astrophysics ! Harvard & Smithsonian (director emeritus from 2006 to 2010).
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Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.
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Centaur (small Solar System body)
In planetary astronomy, a centaur is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune and crosses the orbits of one or more of the giant planets. Kuiper belt and centaur (small Solar System body) are solar System.
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Ceres (dwarf planet)
Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Kuiper belt and Ceres (dwarf planet) are solar System.
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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
The Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) is an astronomical observatory located on the summit of Mt.
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Charge-coupled device
A charge-coupled device (CCD) is an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors.
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Charles T. Kowal
Charles Thomas Kowal (November 8, 1940 – November 28, 2011) was an American astronomer known for his observations and discoveries in the Solar System.
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Charon (moon)
Charon, or (134340) Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto.
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Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds.
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Chemical element
A chemical element is a chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions.
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Circumstellar disc
A circumstellar disc (or circumstellar disk) is a torus, pancake or ring-shaped accretion disk of matter composed of gas, dust, planetesimals, asteroids, or collision fragments in orbit around a star.
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Classical Kuiper belt object
A classical Kuiper belt object, also called a cubewano ("QB1-o"), is a low-eccentricity Kuiper belt object (KBO) that orbits beyond Neptune and is not controlled by an orbital resonance with Neptune.
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Clearing the neighbourhood
"Clearing the neighbourhood" (or dynamical dominance) around a celestial body's orbit describes the body becoming gravitationally dominant such that there are no other bodies of comparable size other than its natural satellites or those otherwise under its gravitational influence. Kuiper belt and Clearing the neighbourhood are solar System.
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Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer.
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Comet
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing. Kuiper belt and comet are Extraterrestrial water and solar System.
Comet Hale–Bopp
Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades.
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Comet nucleus
The nucleus is the solid, central part of a comet, formerly termed a dirty snowball or an icy dirtball.
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Contact binary (small Solar System body)
A contact binary is a small Solar System body, such as a minor planet or comet, that is composed of two bodies that have gravitated toward each other until they touch, resulting in a bilobated, peanut-like overall shape.
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Cosmic ray
Cosmic rays or astroparticles are high-energy particles or clusters of particles (primarily represented by protons or atomic nuclei) that move through space at nearly the speed of light.
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Cryovolcano
A cryovolcano (sometimes informally referred to as an ice volcano) is a type of volcano that erupts gases and volatile material such as liquid water, ammonia, and hydrocarbons.
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David C. Jewitt
David Clifford Jewitt (born 1958) is a British-American astronomer who studies the Solar System, especially its minor bodies.
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Debris disk
A debris disk (American English), or debris disc (Commonwealth English), is a circumstellar disk of dust and debris in orbit around a star.
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Definition of planet
The definition of the term planet has changed several times since the word was coined by the ancient Greeks. Kuiper belt and definition of planet are solar System.
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Discover (magazine)
Discover is an American general audience science magazine launched in October 1980 by Time Inc.
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Dwarf planet
A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough to be gravitationally rounded, but insufficient to achieve orbital dominance like the eight classical planets of the Solar System. Kuiper belt and dwarf planet are solar System.
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Earth mass
An Earth mass (denoted as M🜨, M♁ or ME, where 🜨 and ♁ are the astronomical symbols for Earth), is a unit of mass equal to the mass of the planet Earth.
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Ecliptic
The ecliptic or ecliptic plane is the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun.
Ecliptic coordinate system
In astronomy, the ecliptic coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system commonly used for representing the apparent positions, orbits, and pole orientations of Solar System objects.
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Eris (dwarf planet)
Eris (minor-planet designation: 136199 Eris) is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. Kuiper belt and Eris (dwarf planet) are solar System.
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Ethane
Ethane is a naturally occurring organic chemical compound with chemical formula.
Ethylene
Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or.
Expected value
In probability theory, the expected value (also called expectation, expectancy, expectation operator, mathematical expectation, mean, expectation value, or first moment) is a generalization of the weighted average.
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Five-planet Nice model
The five-planet Nice model is a numerical model of the early Solar System that is a revised variation of the Nice model. Kuiper belt and five-planet Nice model are solar System.
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Formation and evolution of the Solar System
There is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Kuiper belt and formation and evolution of the Solar System are solar System.
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Fred Lawrence Whipple
Fred Lawrence Whipple (November 5, 1906 – August 30, 2004) was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for more than 70 years.
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Frederick C. Leonard
Frederick Charles Leonard (March 12, 1896 – June 23, 1960) was an American astronomer.
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Gerard Kuiper
Gerard Peter Kuiper (born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper,; 7 December 1905 – 23 December 1973) was a Dutch-American astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor.
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Gonggong (dwarf planet)
Gonggong (minor-planet designation: 225088 Gonggong) is a dwarf planet and a member of the scattered disc beyond Neptune. Kuiper belt and Gonggong (dwarf planet) are solar System.
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Halley's Comet
Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing every 72–80 years.
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Haumea
Haumea (minor-planet designation: 136108 Haumea) is a dwarf planet located beyond Neptune's orbit. Kuiper belt and Haumea are solar System.
Heliosphere
The heliosphere is the magnetosphere, astrosphere, and outermost atmospheric layer of the Sun. Kuiper belt and heliosphere are trans-Neptunian region.
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Hills cloud
In astronomy, the Hills cloud (also called the inner Oort cloud and inner cloud) is a theoretical vast circumstellar disc, interior to the Oort cloud, whose outer border would be located at around 20,000 to 30,000 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun, and whose inner border, less well defined, is hypothetically located at, well beyond planetary and Kuiper Belt object orbits—but distances might be much greater. Kuiper belt and Hills cloud are solar System and trans-Neptunian region.
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.
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Hydrate
In chemistry, a hydrate is a substance that contains water or its constituent elements.
Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
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Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula.
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Icarus (journal)
ICARUS is a scientific journal dedicated to the field of planetary science.
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Ice giant
An ice giant is a giant planet composed mainly of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, such as oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. Kuiper belt and ice giant are Extraterrestrial water and solar System.
Infrared excess
An infrared excess is a measurement of an astronomical source, typically a star, that in their spectral energy distribution has a greater measured infrared flux than expected by assuming the star is a blackbody radiator.
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International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.
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Interstellar medium
The interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy.
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Jan Oort
Jan Hendrik Oort (or; 28 April 1900 – 5 November 1992) was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy.
Jane Luu
Jane X. Luu (Lưu Lệ Hằng; born July 1963) is a Vietnamese-American astronomer and defense systems engineer.
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, Johns, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Journal of the British Astronomical Association
The Journal of the British Astronomical Association is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astronomy published by the British Astronomical Association since October 1890.
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Julio Ángel Fernández
Julio Ángel Fernández Alves (born 5 April 1946) is a Uruguayan astronomer and teacher, member of the department of astronomy at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo.
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Kuiper belt and Jupiter are solar System.
Kelvin
The kelvin, symbol K, is the base unit of measurement for temperature in the International System of Units (SI).
Kenneth Edgeworth
Kenneth Essex Edgeworth (26 February 1880 – 10 October 1972) was an Irish army officer, engineer, economist and independent theoretical astronomer.
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Kirkwood gap
A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of the semi-major axes (or equivalently of the orbital periods) of the orbits of main-belt asteroids.
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Kitt Peak National Observatory
The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is a United States astronomical observatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono Oʼodham Nation, west-southwest of Tucson, Arizona.
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Kobe University
, also known in the Kansai region as, is a public research university located in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan.
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Lagrange point
In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects under the gravitational influence of two massive orbiting bodies.
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Lexico
Lexico was a dictionary website that provided a collection of English and Spanish dictionaries produced by Oxford University Press (OUP), the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
List of periodic comets
Periodic comets (also known as short-period comets) are comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years or that have been observed during more than a single perihelion passage (e.g. 153P/Ikeya–Zhang).
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List of possible dwarf planets
The number of dwarf planets in the Solar System is unknown. Kuiper belt and List of possible dwarf planets are solar System.
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List of trans-Neptunian objects
This is a list of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which are minor planets in the Solar System that orbit the Sun at a greater distance on average than Neptune, that is, their orbit has a semi-major axis greater than 30.1 astronomical units (AU).
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Makemake
Makemake (minor-planet designation: 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and the second-largest of what is known as the classical population of Kuiper belt objects, with a diameter approximately that of Saturn's moon Iapetus, or 60% that of Pluto. Kuiper belt and Makemake are solar System.
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Kuiper belt and Mars are solar System.
Mass
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea (abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea); is an inactive shield volcano on the island of Hawaiokinai.
A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.
Methane
Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms).
Minor planet
According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Kuiper belt and minor planet are solar System.
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Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in astronomy, astrophysics and related fields.
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Moons of Jupiter
There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits. Kuiper belt and moons of Jupiter are solar System.
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Moons of Pluto
The dwarf planet Pluto has five natural satellites. Kuiper belt and Moons of Pluto are solar System.
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Moons of Saturn
The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets only tens of meters across to the enormous Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury. Kuiper belt and moons of Saturn are solar System.
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Moons of Uranus
Uranus, the seventh planet of the Solar System, has 28 confirmed moons. Kuiper belt and moons of Uranus are solar System.
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Natural satellite
A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite). Kuiper belt and natural satellite are solar System.
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Nature (journal)
Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.
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Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. Kuiper belt and Neptune are solar System.
Neptune trojan
Neptune trojans are bodies that orbit the Sun near one of the stable Lagrangian points of Neptune, similar to the trojans of other planets.
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New Horizons
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.
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Nice model
The Nice model is a scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System.
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Observation
Observation in the natural sciences is an act or instance of noticing or perceiving and the acquisition of information from a primary source.
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Occultation
An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden from the observer by another object that passes between them.
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Oort cloud
The Oort cloud, sometimes called the Öpik–Oort cloud, is theorized to be a vast cloud of icy planetesimals surrounding the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years). Kuiper belt and Oort cloud are solar System and trans-Neptunian region.
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Orbit
In celestial mechanics, an orbit (also known as orbital revolution) is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a planet, moon, asteroid, or Lagrange point.
Orbital eccentricity
In astrodynamics, the orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a dimensionless parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.
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Orbital inclination
Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body.
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Orbital period
The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object.
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Orbital resonance
In celestial mechanics, orbital resonance occurs when orbiting bodies exert regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually because their orbital periods are related by a ratio of small integers.
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Orcus (dwarf planet)
Orcus (minor-planet designation: 90482 Orcus) is a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper belt, with one large moon, Vanth.
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Outgassing
Outgassing (sometimes called offgassing, particularly when in reference to indoor air quality) is the release of a gas that was dissolved, trapped, frozen, or absorbed in some material.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Pan-STARRS
The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS1; obs. code: F51 and Pan-STARRS2 obs. code: F52) located at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, US, consists of astronomical cameras, telescopes and a computing facility that is surveying the sky for moving or variable objects on a continual basis, and also producing accurate astrometry and photometry of already-detected objects.
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Phoebe (moon)
Phoebe is the most massive irregular satellite of Saturn with a mean diameter of.
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Photometry (astronomy)
In astronomy, photometry, from Greek photo- ("light") and -metry ("measure"), is a technique used in astronomy that is concerned with measuring the flux or intensity of light radiated by astronomical objects.
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Planet Nine
Planet Nine is a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. Kuiper belt and planet Nine are solar System.
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Planetary migration
Planetary migration occurs when a planet or other body in orbit around a star interacts with a disk of gas or planetesimals, resulting in the alteration of its orbital parameters, especially its semi-major axis.
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Planetesimal
Planetesimals are solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and debris disks.
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Planets beyond Neptune
Following the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit. Kuiper belt and planets beyond Neptune are solar System.
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Plutino
In astronomy, the plutinos are a dynamical group of trans-Neptunian objects that orbit in 2:3 mean-motion resonance with Neptune. Kuiper belt and plutino are solar System.
Pluto
Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. Kuiper belt and Pluto are solar System.
Power law
In statistics, a power law is a functional relationship between two quantities, where a relative change in one quantity results in a relative change in the other quantity proportional to a power of the change, independent of the initial size of those quantities: one quantity varies as a power of another.
Primordial nuclide
In geochemistry, geophysics and nuclear physics, primordial nuclides, also known as primordial isotopes, are nuclides found on Earth that have existed in their current form since before Earth was formed.
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Protoplanetary disk
A protoplanetary disk is a rotating circumstellar disc of dense gas and dust surrounding a young newly formed star, a T Tauri star, or Herbig Ae/Be star.
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Quaoar
Quaoar (minor-planet designation: 50000 Quaoar) is a large, ringed dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy planetesimals beyond Neptune. Kuiper belt and Quaoar are solar System.
Ralph (New Horizons)
Ralph is a science instrument aboard the robotic New Horizons spacecraft, which was launched in 2006.
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Resonant trans-Neptunian object
In astronomy, a resonant trans-Neptunian object is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune. Kuiper belt and resonant trans-Neptunian object are solar System.
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Retrograde and prograde motion
Retrograde motion in astronomy is, in general, orbital or rotational motion of an object in the direction opposite the rotation of its primary, that is, the central object (right figure).
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Rock (geology)
In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.
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Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Kuiper belt and Saturn are solar System.
Scattered disc
The scattered disc (or scattered disk) is a distant circumstellar disc in the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy small Solar System bodies, which are a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. Kuiper belt and scattered disc are solar System and trans-Neptunian region.
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Scientific theory
A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that can be (or a fortiori, that has been) repeatedly tested and corroborated in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results.
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Scott Tremaine
Scott Duncan Tremaine (born 1950) is a Canadian-born astrophysicist.
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Semi-major and semi-minor axes
In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter: a line segment that runs through the center and both foci, with ends at the two most widely separated points of the perimeter.
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Small Solar System body
A small Solar System body (SSSB) is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet, a dwarf planet, nor a natural satellite. Kuiper belt and small Solar System body are solar System.
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Solar System
The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.
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Solid nitrogen
Solid nitrogen is a number of solid forms of the element nitrogen, first observed in 1884.
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Space Launch System
The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used by NASA.
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Space Telescope Science Institute
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), science operations and mission operations center for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), and science operations center for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
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Spectral line
A spectral line is a weaker or stronger region in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum.
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Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the field of study that measures and interprets electromagnetic spectra.
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Spectrum
A spectrum (spectra or spectrums) is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary, without gaps, across a continuum.
Streaming instability
In planetary science a streaming instability is a hypothetical mechanism for the formation of planetesimals in which the drag felt by solid particles orbiting in a gas disk leads to their spontaneous concentration into clumps which can gravitationally collapse.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. Kuiper belt and Sun are solar System.
Surface gravity
The surface gravity, g, of an astronomical object is the gravitational acceleration experienced at its surface at the equator, including the effects of rotation.
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Synonym
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language.
Thales Alenia Space
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group (67%) and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (33%).
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The Astronomical Journal
The Astronomical Journal (often abbreviated AJ in scientific papers and references) is a peer-reviewed monthly scientific journal owned by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and currently published by IOP Publishing.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Planetary Society
The Planetary Society is an American internationally-active non-governmental nonprofit organization.
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Tholin
Tholins (after the Greek θολός (tholós) "hazy" or "muddy"; from the ancient Greek word meaning "sepia ink") are a wide variety of organic compounds formed by solar ultraviolet or cosmic ray irradiation of simple carbon-containing compounds such as carbon dioxide, methane or ethane, often in combination with nitrogen or water.
Torus
In geometry, a torus (tori or toruses) is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three-dimensional space one full revolution about an axis that is coplanar with the circle.
Trans-Neptunian object
A trans-Neptunian object (TNO), also written transneptunian object, is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance than Neptune, which has an orbital semi-major axis of 30.1 astronomical units (au). Kuiper belt and trans-Neptunian object are solar System.
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Triton (moon)
Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune.
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University of Hawaiʻi
The University of Hawaiʻi System (University of Hawaiʻi and popularly known as UH) is a public college and university system.
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Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Kuiper belt and Uranus are solar System.
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), is an astronomical observatory currently under construction in Chile.
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Volatile (astrogeology)
Volatiles are the group of chemical elements and chemical compounds that can be readily vaporized.
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Volatility (chemistry)
In chemistry, volatility is a material quality which describes how readily a substance vaporizes.
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Vox (website)
Vox is an American news and opinion website owned by Vox Media.
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Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program.
Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
(181708) 1993 FW
(181708) 1993 FW (provisional designation) is a cubewano and was the second trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon, the first having been 15760 Albion, formerly known as.
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15760 Albion
15760 Albion (provisional designation) was the first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon. Kuiper belt and 15760 Albion are astronomical objects discovered in 1992.
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20000 Varuna
20000 Varuna (provisional designation) is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt.
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2060 Chiron
2060 Chiron is a ringed small Solar System body in the outer Solar System, orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Uranus.
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28978 Ixion
28978 Ixion (provisional designation) is a large trans-Neptunian object and a possible dwarf planet.
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38628 Huya
38628 Huya (provisional designation) is a binary trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy objects orbiting beyond Neptune in the outer Solar System. Kuiper belt and 38628 Huya are solar System.
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486958 Arrokoth
486958 Arrokoth (provisional designation; formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule) is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt.
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5145 Pholus
5145 Pholus is an eccentric centaur in the outer Solar System, approximately in diameter, that crosses the orbit of both Saturn and Neptune. Kuiper belt and 5145 Pholus are astronomical objects discovered in 1992.
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See also
Astronomical objects discovered in 1992
- (10115) 1992 SK
- (17511) 1992 QN
- (39546) 1992 DT5
- (5407) 1992 AX
- (5604) 1992 FE
- (7474) 1992 TC
- (8035) 1992 TB
- 10551 Göteborg
- 11066 Sigurd
- 14436 Morishita
- 15760 Albion
- 21088 Chelyabinsk
- 5145 Pholus
- 5357 Sekiguchi
- 5652 Amphimachus
- 5653 Camarillo
- 5692 Shirao
- 5751 Zao
- 5855 Yukitsuna
- 6025 Naotosato
- 6141 Durda
- 6460 Bassano
- 6498 Ko
- 7088 Ishtar
- 7092 Cadmus
- 7187 Isobe
- 8034 Akka
- 8187 Akiramisawa
- 8373 Stephengould
- 9767 Midsomer Norton
- 9963 Sandage
- 9965 GNU
- 9968 Serpe
- 9969 Braille
- C/1992 J1 (Spacewatch)
- GRO J0422+32
- Kuiper belt
- Pistol Star
- SN 1992bd
- 24 Themis
- 25143 Itokawa
- Asteroidal water
- Comet
- Extraterrestrial liquid water
- Habitable zone
- Habitable zone for complex life
- Hycean planet
- Ice giant
- K2-18b
- Kuiper belt
- Lunar water
- Ocean world
- Planetary oceanography
- Properties of water
- TOI-270
- Water on Mars
- Water on Venus
- Water on terrestrial planets of the Solar System
- World Is Not Enough (spacecraft propulsion)
Kuiper belt objects
- (182294) 2001 KU76
- (19308) 1996 TO66
- (230965) 2004 XA192
- (523671) 2013 FZ27
- 1995 GJ
- 2003 LA7
- 2010 FX86
- 2011 KW48
- 2014 MT69
- 38083 Rhadamanthus
- Haumea family
- Kuiper belt
- List of the brightest Kuiper belt objects
- Plutinos
- Twotinos
Trans-Neptunian region
- Heliosphere
- Hills cloud
- Kuiper belt
- Oort cloud
- Oort limit
- Scattered disc
- Taiwanese–American Occultation Survey
- Trans-Neptunian objects
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt
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