09 May 2018
First confirmed carbon-rich asteroid found in Kuiper Belt
...not reflect much light. Coupled with the distance to the Kuiper Belt, it was like looking for a giant mountain of coal...“While there have been previous reports of other ‘atypical’ Kuiper Belt Object spectra, none were confirmed to this level of quality...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
...had in understanding its creation before the discovery of the Kuiper Belt. Delivery of life-elements to the planets One of ...formed much further out, so perhaps Ceres is a Kuiper belt object. Two missions currently under development will also address ...
21 January 2019
Is this the end for Planet Nine?
... of TNOs in conjunction with the orbits of the giant outer planets but instead of calculating the contents of the Kuiper Belt as we think it is currently, they replaced it with a more massive, extended disc in its place. By removing planet nine from...
17 May 2019
First science results released on Ultima Thule
...flyby, Ultima Thule comes from a region known as the Kuiper belt; a broad, ring-shaped structure in the outer Solar System... Ultima Thule is a typical example of a “cold classical” Kuiper Belt object (CCKBO), where cold in this instance does not refer ...
27 April 2016
Dwarf planet MakeMake found to have a moon
...If the orbit turns out to be a wider, more elliptical shape, then MK 2 was more likely to be captured from the Kuiper Belt. However, determining the orbital path of M2 may prove a little difficult without further Hubble observations. “Our preliminary...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
...innumerable small bodies: the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud. The Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt (EKB) extends from ... asteroid A nuclear flash at some random point in space within the Kuiper Belt would be, on average, about 0.05 AU away from the nearest 10...
