06 June 2018
New Horizons wakes up ready for next flyby
... was set forth on an extended mission to study the Kuiper belt environment by observing numerous Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) and Centaurs in unique ways. Its first target is KBO 486958 2014 MU69, an icy object that may have at least one moon or could...
10 September 2021
Survey detects 461 Solar System objects not found before
.... The term TNO is used interchangeably with KBO, which stands for Kuiper Belt Object; the only difference is their distance from the... have doubled the number of detections as initially 817 objects were observed in this latest study. However, as ...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... these outer solar system formation remnants, termed Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs). We now know that the Kuiper Belt is 20 times as wide and 20 to 200 times as massive as the asteroid belt. The investigation by New Horizons of Ultima Thule (a ‘classical...
09 May 2018
First confirmed carbon-rich asteroid found in Kuiper Belt
...and ferric oxides in the asteroids spectra – the specific pattern of wavelengths of light emanating from an object. Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) typically have uninteresting and featureless spectra that reveal little information about their composition...
22 June 2020
Icy Pluto may have started off hot with an early ocean
...investigated, but say the team, their model provides answers to why some Kuiper Belt Objects (KBO) grow so big - a problem that traditional models for KBO formation cannot reconcile. If you've enjoyed reading this article, please consider subscribing...
03 February 2017
Astronomers spot a possible dwarf planet on the edges of the Solar System
... as bright as Eris. DeeDee is described as being brighter than rocky bodies such as asteroids, and of typical classical Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) but as DeeDee is notably smaller than its ice-rich neighbour Eris, DeeDee is thought to be mainly made...
