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Articles tagged: Kuiper Belt objects

  • DART, Dawn, Hyabusa, Kuiper Belt objects, Lucy, MMX, New Horizons, Psyche, robotic mission, Rosetta, Small body mission January 2020 Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets

    ... such as ammonia. These observations suggest that it must have been formed much further out, so perhaps Ceres is a Kuiper belt object. Two missions currently under development will also address small body migration concepts. JAXA’s Martian Moons...

    • DART
    • Dawn
    • Hyabusa
    • Kuiper Belt objects
    • Lucy
    • MMX
    • New Horizons
    • Psyche
    • robotic mission
    • Rosetta
    • Small body mission
    Authors: James Green    
  • Cold Classical Kuiper Belt object (CCKBO), Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA), MU69, New Horizons, Ultima Thule 17 May 2019 First science results released on Ultima Thule

    ... primitive icy material thought to be the building blocks of planets. Ultima Thule is a typical example of a “cold classical” Kuiper Belt object (CCKBO), where cold in this instance does not refer to its surface temperature but instead describes the...

    • Cold Classical Kuiper Belt object (CCKBO)
    • Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA)
    • MU69
    • New Horizons
    • Ultima Thule
  • Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Objects, nuclear flashlamps, SETI, Tim Livengood February 2016 Nuclear Flashlamps in Space

    ... of Pluto. Pluto itself is the first known resident of the EKB but there are over a thousand Edgeworth- Kuiper Belt Objects (EKBOs) known by now. The Oort Cloud is a notionally spherical cloud of small bodies that orbit the Sun...

    • Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Objects
    • nuclear flashlamps
    • SETI
    • Tim Livengood
    Authors: Tim Livengood    
  • Centaurs, Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), New Horizons, Pluto, Ultima Thule 06 June 2018 New Horizons wakes up ready for next flyby

    ... by Pluto nearly three years ago, New Horizons 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...

    • Centaurs
    • Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs)
    • New Horizons
    • Pluto
    • Ultima Thule
  • 2004 EW95, C-type asteroids, Kuiper Belt, Nice model, Very Large Telescope 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...

    • 2004 EW95
    • C-type asteroids
    • Kuiper Belt
    • Nice model
    • Very Large Telescope
  • Dwarf Planet, Hubble, Kuiper Belt, MakeMake, Pluto 27 April 2016 Dwarf planet MakeMake found to have a moon

    .... If the orbit is a tight, circular one it indicates that MK 2 is the result of a collision between Makemake and another Kuiper Belt Object. If the orbit turns out to be a wider, more elliptical shape, then MK 2 was more likely to be captured from...

    • Dwarf Planet
    • Hubble
    • Kuiper Belt
    • MakeMake
    • Pluto
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