Kuiper Belt objects

E15968
icy body small Solar System body trans-Neptunian object

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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Kuiper belt objects 12
Kuiper Belt objects canonical 8
Kuiper Belt 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf icy body ⓘ
small Solar System body ⓘ
trans-Neptunian object ⓘ
canBe dwarf planet ⓘ
composedOf ammonia ice ⓘ
methane ice ⓘ
rock ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf ices ⓘ
discoveredBy astronomer ⓘ
example 20000 Varuna ⓘ
Eris ⓘ
Haumea ⓘ
Ixion ⓘ
Makemake ⓘ
Orcus ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
Quaoar ⓘ
Varuna ⓘ
firstConfirmedDiscovery (15760) 1992 QB1 ⓘ
firstConfirmedDiscoveryYear 1992 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName KBO ⓘ
hasDiameterRange few kilometers to over 2000 kilometers ⓘ
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 ⓘ
hasOrbitalResonanceWith Neptune ⓘ
hasShape irregular ⓘ
spherical ⓘ
hasSurfaceColor neutral ⓘ
reddish ⓘ
hasSurfaceFeature crater ⓘ
volatile ice deposit ⓘ
hasTypicalAlbedo low ⓘ
locatedIn Kuiper Belt objects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kuiper Belt
orbits Sun ⓘ
orbitsBeyond Neptune ⓘ
partOf outer Solar System ⓘ
populationEstimate hundreds of thousands larger than 100 km ⓘ
relatedTo Oort Cloud object ⓘ
centaur (small body) ⓘ
sourceOf short-period comet ⓘ
studiedBy Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
ground-based telescope ⓘ
thoughtToBe remnant of early Solar System ⓘ
visitedBy New Horizons ⓘ
surface form: New Horizons spacecraft

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SOFIA airborne observatory operations → observes → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
Solar System → hasComponent → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt
Solar System → hasRegion → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: trans-Neptunian region
Division for Planetary Sciences → mainTopic → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
Kuiper Belt objects → locatedIn → Kuiper Belt objects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kuiper Belt object
this entity surface form: Kuiper Belt
Eris → orbitalRegion → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: outer Solar System
Oort cloud → liesBeyond → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt
Sol → gravitationallyBinds → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
The Pluto Files → about → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper Belt
Chad Trujillo → fieldOfWork → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
Dysnomia → belongsToCategory → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility → observes → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
Sierra Nevada Observatory team → researchFocus → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
Michael E. Brown → fieldOfWork → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
New Frontiers program → exampleTarget → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
Ralph → observes → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
REX → targetBody → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
SDC → hostSpacecraftDestination → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
Alice → missionTarget → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
José Luis Ortiz Moreno → researchInterest → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
David L. Rabinowitz → researchInterest → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
Kuiper Belt → majorSourceOf → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jupiter-family comets
Department of Planetary Science → studies → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
Planetary Science Journal → focusesOn → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
Scott S. Sheppard → fieldOfWork → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
Yanga R. Fernández → hasResearchInterest → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects
R. S. McMillan → studies → Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuiper belt objects