Open Directory - Science: Astronomy: Solar System: Kuiper Belt
See also: This category in other languages: - A description of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, a systematic search for Kuiper Belt Objects using large telescopes. - 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. - Recent and past issues of the Distant EKOs Newsletter, a review of the science and current events surrounding Kuiper Belt Objects - Guide to KBOs and recent research by Dr. David Jewitt of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Lists currently known transneptunian objects, also known as Kuiper Belt Objects. Updated daily. - Frequently asked questions. - Primer on objects in the outer solar system from The Nine Planets multimedia tour of the solar system. - This page lists acronyms and definitions of terms used in Kuiper belt research. - NASA science article on this newly discovered Kuiper object. (July 29, 2005) - Astronomers have discovered the largest object in the solar system since Pluto was named the ninth planet in 1930. (October 07, 2002) - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has measured Quaoar and found it to be 1300 km wide. (October 07, 2002) - 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 (May 01, 2002) - 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. (April 18, 2002) - 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." (April 17, 2002) - 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. (February 06, 2002) - Size comparison of 2001 KX76 and other known objects. From NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day. (August 30, 2001) - European Southern Observatory images of 2001 KX76 (August 23, 2001) - From the National Optical Astronomy Observatory Newsletter (July 02, 2001)
