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JPL, CalTech, NASA; Larger illustration. The Edgeworth-Kuiper ; Belt includes Pluto and other icy objects beyond the orbit of ; Neptune. ... KX76 was originally estimated to be larger than Charon -- as well as Ceres, the largest main belt asteroid -- just beyond the orbits of Neptune and Pluto.
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www.solstation.com/stars/kuiper.htm
www.solstation.com/stars/kuiper.htm
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Dwarf Planets & Asteroids & of the Kuiper Belt ... Although the Kuiper Belt was theorized in 1951 by Gerard Kuiper after seeing that comet orbits indicated a vast nesting ground for their origin just beyond the orbit of Neptune, the first Kuiper belt objects were not discovered until the early 1990s.
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www.lunarplanner.com/asteroids.html
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These objects lie beyond the orbit of Neptune and have orbtial inclinations that cut through the plane of our solar system. This is a trait they have in common and one that makes them unique compared to the main planets in our solar system. ... Kuiper Belt Dwarf Planet & Asteroid oribts...
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www.lunarplanner.com/asteroids-dwarfplanets/index.html
www.lunarplanner.com/asteroids-dwarfplanets/index.html
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Eris (dwarf planet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eris , formal designation 136199 Eris , is the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth-largest body known to orbit the Sun directly. It is approximately 2,500 kilometres in dia...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(dwarf_planet)
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Kuiper belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kuiper belt (pronounced /ˈkaɪpər/ , rhyming with "viper"), sometimes called the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt , is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets extending from the orbit of Nep...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt
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Hi'iaka and Namaka aren't the only products of the collision; smaller shards also flew off the dwarf planet, settling into similar orbits around the Kuiper belt. ... Observations such as these just can't be done with the other Kuiper belt objects -- Haumea is a special case. "Haumea is the only one out there that we can...
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www.livescience.com/space/090622-mm-kuiper-haumea.html
www.livescience.com/space/090622-mm-kuiper-haumea.html
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Eris is the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. It is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO), orbiting the Sun in a region of space known as the scattered disc, just beyond the Kuiper belt, and accompanied by at least one moon, Dysnomia. ... Dysnomia (moon of Eris) — Dysnomia, is a moon of the dwarf planet Eris. ... Just In:
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www.sciencedaily.com/articles/e/eris_(dwarf_planet).htm
www.sciencedaily.com/articles/e/eris_(dwarf_planet).htm
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Dwarf Planet Pluto News. See images and read science articles on Pluto, Eris and other Kuiper Belt objects. ... Eris is the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. It is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO), orbiting the Sun in a region of space known as the scattered disc, just beyond the Kuiper belt, and ... > more...
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www.sciencedaily.com/articles/space_time/pluto/
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