Kuiper Belt objects
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Kuiper Belt objects are icy celestial bodies orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune, thought to be remnants from the early solar system and the source of many short-period comets.
Aliases (6)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
icy body
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small Solar System body → trans-Neptunian object → |
| canBe |
dwarf planet
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| composedOf |
ammonia ice
→
methane ice → rock → water ice → |
| composedPrimarilyOf |
ices
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| discoveredBy |
astronomer
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| example |
20000 Varuna
→
Eris → Haumea → Ixion → Makemake → Orcus → Pluto → Quaoar → Varuna → |
| firstConfirmedDiscovery |
(15760) 1992 QB1
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| firstConfirmedDiscoveryYear |
1992
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| hasAlternativeName |
KBO
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| hasDiameterRange |
few kilometers to over 2000 kilometers
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| hasDynamicalClass |
classical Kuiper Belt object
→
resonant Kuiper Belt object → scattered Kuiper Belt object → |
| hasOrbitalInclination |
high inclination (scattered)
→
low inclination (classical) → |
| hasOrbitalRegion |
30 to 50 astronomical units from Sun
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| hasOrbitalResonanceWith |
Neptune
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| hasShape |
irregular
→
spherical → |
| hasSurfaceColor |
neutral
→
reddish → |
| hasSurfaceFeature |
crater
→
volatile ice deposit → |
| hasTypicalAlbedo |
low
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| locatedIn |
Kuiper Belt
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|
| orbits |
Sun
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| orbitsBeyond |
Neptune
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| partOf |
outer Solar System
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| populationEstimate |
hundreds of thousands larger than 100 km
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| relatedTo |
Oort Cloud object
→
centaur (small body) → |
| sourceOf |
short-period comet
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| studiedBy |
Hubble Space Telescope
→
ground-based telescope → |
| thoughtToBe |
remnant of early Solar System
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|
| visitedBy |
New Horizons spacecraft
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Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
The Pluto Files
("Kuiper Belt")
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about |
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Sol
("Kuiper belt objects")
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gravitationallyBinds |
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Solar System
("Kuiper belt")
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hasComponent |
|
Solar System
("trans-Neptunian region")
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hasRegion |
|
Oort cloud
("Kuiper belt")
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liesBeyond |
|
Kuiper Belt object
("Kuiper Belt")
→
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locatedIn |
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Division for Planetary Sciences
("Kuiper belt objects")
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mainTopic |
|
SOFIA airborne observatory operations
→
|
observes |
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Eris
("outer Solar System")
→
|
orbitalRegion |