The Kuiper Belt is in the orbit of which planet?
"Jupiter-crossing orbit and after a series of encounters is ejected from the Solar System. The remaining planets then continue their migration until the planetesimal disc is nearly depleted with small fractions remaining in various locations. As in the original Nice model, objects are captured into resonances with Neptune during its outward migration. Some remain in the resonances, others evolve onto higher-inclination, lower-eccentricity orbits, and are released onto stable orbits forming the dynamically hot classical belt. The hot belt's inclination distribution can be reproduced if Neptune migrated from 24 AU to 30 AU on a 30 Myr timescale. When Neptune migrates"
"planned flyby. REX is also used to study the amount of electrons in outer space in the Kuiper belt region. The Kuiper belt is a ring of orbiting bodies between approximately 30 to 55 AU (Earth-Sun distances), home to Pluto and short-period comets it is estimated to consist of hundreds of thousand if not millions of small icy objects. The belt was discovered starting in 1992, and can be studied more closely by the ""New Horizons"" mission which is passing through it starting in the late 2010s. During the post Pluto cruise,Rex is usually turned on monthly to measure the"
"the Kuiper belt, together with the members of the scattered disc and any potential Hills cloud or Oort cloud objects, are collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). Pluto is the largest and most massive member of the Kuiper belt, and the largest and the second-most-massive known TNO, surpassed only by Eris in the scattered disc. Originally considered a planet, Pluto's status as part of the Kuiper belt caused it to be reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. It is compositionally similar to many other objects of the Kuiper belt and its orbital period is characteristic of a class"
"probe, which imaged both 951 Gaspra (in 1991) and 243 Ida (in 1993) on its way to Jupiter. Launched on January 19, 2006, the ""New Horizons"" probe is the first man-made spacecraft to explore the Kuiper belt. This unmanned mission flew by Pluto in July 2015. The mission was extended to observe a number of other Kuiper belt objects, including a close flyby of on New Year's Day, 2019. As of 2011, American scientists are concerned that exploration beyond the Asteroid Belt will hampered by a shortage of Plutonium-238. In 1966, the Moon became the first Solar System body beyond"
"1776 Kuiper 1776 Kuiper, provisional designation , is a dark Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 38 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1960, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten in collaboration with Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California, and named after Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper. ""Kuiper"" is a member of the Eos family (), the largest asteroid family in the outer main belt consisting of nearly 10,000 asteroids. It orbits the Sun in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 3.1–3.1 AU"
"Kuiper belt objects. Though Pluto is the largest Kuiper belt object discovered, Neptune's moon Triton, which is slightly larger than Pluto, is similar to it both geologically and atmospherically, and is thought to be a captured Kuiper belt object. Eris (see above) is about the same size as Pluto (though more massive) but is not strictly considered a member of the Kuiper belt population. Rather, it is considered a member of a linked population called the scattered disc. A large number of Kuiper belt objects, like Pluto, are in a 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune. KBOs with this orbital resonance"
"orbit of Neptune lies the area of the ""trans-Neptunian region"", with the doughnut-shaped Kuiper belt, home of Pluto and several other dwarf planets, and an overlapping disc of scattered objects, which is tilted toward the plane of the Solar System and reaches much further out than the Kuiper belt. The entire region is still largely unexplored. It appears to consist overwhelmingly of many thousands of small worlds—the largest having a diameter only a fifth that of Earth and a mass far smaller than that of the Moon—composed mainly of rock and ice. This region is sometimes described as the ""third"
"the Kuiper Belt and that the three large planets may not yet have settled into their final, stable orbits. In the photo, the bright, yellow-white portions of the dust cloud come from the outer cold disk. The huge extended dust halo, seen in orange-red, has a diameter of ≈ 2,000 AU. The diameter of Pluto's orbit (≈ 80 AU) is shown for reference as a dot in the centre. This disk is so thick that it threatens the young system's stability. Up until the year 2010, telescopes could only directly image exoplanets under exceptional circumstances. Specifically, it is easier to"
"50000 Quaoar 50000 Quaoar (), provisional designation , is a non-resonant trans-Neptunian object (cubewano) and possibly a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It measures approximately 1110 kilometers in diameter or half the size of Pluto. The object was discovered by American astronomers Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown at the Palomar Observatory on 6 June 2002. Signs of water ice have been found, which suggests that cryovolcanism may be occurring. A small amount of methane is present on its surface, which can only be retained by the largest Kuiper belt objects."
"50000 Quaoar 50000 Quaoar (), provisional designation , is a non-resonant trans-Neptunian object (cubewano) and possibly a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It measures approximately 1110 kilometers in diameter or half the size of Pluto. The object was discovered by American astronomers Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown at the Palomar Observatory on 6 June 2002. Signs of water ice have been found, which suggests that cryovolcanism may be occurring. A small amount of methane is present on its surface, which can only be retained by the largest Kuiper belt objects."
"(486958) 2014 MU69 , previously designated and , and nicknamed Ultima Thule ( [US ]) by the ""New Horizons"" team, is a trans-Neptunian object from the Kuiper belt located in the outermost regions of the Solar System. It was discovered by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope on 26 June 2014. The irregular shaped classical Kuiper belt object is a suspected contact binary or close binary system and measures approximately in diameter. In August 2015, this object was selected as the next target for the ""New Horizons"" probe shortly after it had visited Pluto. After four course changes in October"
"zone of the Solar System"", enclosing the inner and the outer Solar System. The Kuiper belt is a great ring of debris similar to the asteroid belt, but consisting mainly of objects composed primarily of ice. It extends between 30 and 50 AU from the Sun. Though it is estimated to contain anything from dozens to thousands of dwarf planets, it is composed mainly of small Solar System bodies. Many of the larger Kuiper belt objects, such as Quaoar, Varuna, and Orcus, may prove to be dwarf planets with further data. There are estimated to be over 100,000 Kuiper belt"
"2014 OS393 , unofficially designated , and , is a trans-Neptunian object and possibly a classical Kuiper belt object, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was first observed by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope on 30 July 2014. Until 2015, when the object was selected, it was a potential flyby target for the ""New Horizons"" probe. Estimated to be approximately in diameter, the object has a poorly determined orbit as it had been observed for only a few months. was discovered with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope because the object has a magnitude"
"objects with a diameter greater than 50 km, but the total mass of the Kuiper belt is thought to be only a tenth or even a hundredth the mass of Earth. Many Kuiper belt objects have multiple satellites, and most have orbits that take them outside the plane of the ecliptic. The Kuiper belt can be roughly divided into the ""classical"" belt and the resonances. Resonances are orbits linked to that of Neptune (e.g. twice for every three Neptune orbits, or once for every two). The first resonance begins within the orbit of Neptune itself. The classical belt consists of"
"(505448) 2013 SA100 }, provisional designation and also known as o3l79, is a trans-Neptunian object from the classical Kuiper belt in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 5 August 2013, by astronomer with the Outer Solar System Origins Survey at the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, in the United States. The classical Kuiper belt object belongs to the hot population and is a weak dwarf planet candidate, approximately in diameter. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 38.6–53.8 AU once every 314 years and 1 month (114,732 days; semi-major axis of 46.21 AU). Its orbit"
"(505624) 2014 GU53 , provisional designation , is a trans-Neptunian object and cubewano from the Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 8 April 2014, by astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, United States. The classical Kuiper belt object belongs to the hot population and is a dwarf planet candidate, as it measures approximately in diameter. orbits the Sun at a distance of 36.1–51.6 AU once every 290 years and 6 months (106,111 days; semi-major axis of 43.86 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination"
"km (12 and 11 miles), respectively. This means that is likely a binary system in the Kuiper Belt, formed in the early phases of the Solar System. Its orbital period around the Sun is slightly more than 295 years and it has a low inclination and low eccentricity compared to other objects in the Kuiper belt. These orbital properties mean that it is a cold classical Kuiper belt object which is unlikely to have undergone significant perturbations. Observations in May and July 2015 as well as in July and October 2016 greatly reduced the uncertainties in the orbit. The updated"
"15 AU which has now also been confirmed in multiple studies. The outer planet orbits inside a dusty disk like the Solar Kuiper belt. It is one of the most massive disks known around any star within 300 light years of Earth, and there is room in the inner system for terrestrial planets. There is an additional debris disk just inside the orbit of the innermost planet. The orbital radii of planets e, d, c and b are 2 to 3 times those of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, respectively. Because of the inverse square law relating radiation intensity to"
"Kuiper-belt object after having visited Pluto in 2015, knowledge of the surfaces of KBOs should improve. Quaoar has one known moon, Weywot (full designation ""(50000) Quaoar I Weywot""). Its discovery by Michael E. Brown was reported in IAUC 8812 on 22 February 2007, based on imagery taken on 14 February 2006. The satellite was found at 0.35 arcsec from Quaoar with an apparent magnitude difference of 5.6. Two possible orbits have been determined from the observations: the first is a prograde orbit with an inclination of 14°, the second a retrograde orbit with an inclination of 30° (150°); the other"
"Haumea and Quaoar) are all known to have satellites, and two have more than one. A higher percentage of the larger KBOs have satellites than the smaller objects in the Kuiper belt, suggesting that a different formation mechanism was responsible. There are also a high number of binaries (two objects close enough in mass to be orbiting ""each other"") in the Kuiper belt. The most notable example is the Pluto–Charon binary, but it is estimated that around 11% of KBOs exist in binaries. On January 19, 2006, the first spacecraft to explore the Kuiper belt, ""New Horizons"", was launched, which"
"the predicted resonant orbits. This, he notes, may be a coincidence. This conclusion, however, is not unanimous, and others have instead suggested that the existence of a population of objects with orbital characteristics similar to those of may be at odds with the Planet Nine hypothesis. 2015 GT50 , previously known as , is a trans-Neptunian object orbiting in the Kuiper belt of the outermost Solar System. It was first observed by the Outer Solar System Origins Survey using the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope at Mauna Kea on 13 April 2015. It is one a small number of detached objects with perihelion"
"(120216) 2004 EW95 , provisionally known as , is a resonant trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt located in the outermost regions of the Solar System. It measures approximately 291 kilometers in diameter. It has more carbon than typical of KBOs, and the first to be confirmed as having this composition in this region of space. It is thought that it originates from closer to the Sun, maybe even the main asteroid belt. Like Pluto, is classified as a plutino. It stays in a 2:3 resonance with Neptune. For every 2 orbits that a plutino makes, Neptune orbits 3 times."
"are called ""plutinos"", after Pluto. Like other members of the Kuiper belt, Pluto is thought to be a residual planetesimal; a component of the original protoplanetary disc around the Sun that failed to fully coalesce into a full-fledged planet. Most astronomers agree that Pluto owes its current position to a sudden migration undergone by Neptune early in the Solar System's formation. As Neptune migrated outward, it approached the objects in the proto-Kuiper belt, setting one in orbit around itself (Triton), locking others into resonances, and knocking others into chaotic orbits. The objects in the scattered disc, a dynamically unstable region"
"in the outer Solar System. Located beyond the orbit of Neptune, "" is a non-resonant classical Kuiper belt object (cubewano) of the so-called hot population, which have higher inclinations than those of the cold population. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 40.4–48.5 AU once every 296 years and 2 months (108,178 days; semi-major axis of 44.43 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 7° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins at Kitt Peak with its first observation on 18 November 1998. As of 2018, this minor planet has not"
"resonant structure of the Kuiper Belt. Malhotra is currently a Professor at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Renu Malhotra Renu Malhotra (born 1961) is an American planetary scientist known for using the orbital resonance between Pluto and Neptune to infer large-scale orbital migration of the giant planets and to predict the existence of Plutinos in resonance with Neptune. The asteroid 6698 Malhotra was named for her on 14 December 1997 (). She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the co-discovery of , a trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt. Renu Malhotra was born in New"
"roughly 8.11°, over fourteen times the apparent size of the Sun from Earth. 1999 OJ4 orbit characterizes it as a classical Kuiper Belt object, or cubewano. Due to its nearly circular orbit and low inclination, it is also in the ""cold"" population of cubewanos. As a result, it is likely reddish in color. has one moon, S/2005 () 1. This moon was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope on 5 October 2013. It orbits 3,267 kilometres away from 1999 OJ, completing one orbit every 84.115 days. At 72 km, it is nearly the same size as . From the surface"
"its orbit may not be a direct result of significant perturbations during Neptune's outward planetary migration. The Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES) currently shows it as a cubewano (classical) based on a 10-million-year integration of the orbit. It comes to opposition in late May at an apparent magnitude of 20.4. This makes it about 360 times fainter than Pluto. (119951) 2002 KX14 , also written as 2002 KX14, is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) residing within the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on 17 May 2002 by Michael E. Brown and Chad Trujillo. It has a semi-major axis, orbital period and orbital"
"mostly red. The cold populations distance does not vary from the Sun very much so their surfaces are older, more irradiated, and covered in tholins. There is a chance it accreted in basically the same orbit it has today. 420356 Praamzius 420356 Praamzius, provisional designation , is a trans-Neptunian object from the classical Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 23 January 2012, by astronomers Kazimieras Černis and Richard Boyle with the Vatican's VATT at Mount Graham Observatory in Arizona, United States. The cold classical Kuiper belt object is"
"(523671) 2013 FZ27 , provisional designation """", is a trans-Neptunian object and likely dwarf planet, located in the Kuiper belt in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 15 December 2010, by astronomers with the Pan-STARRS-1 survey at the Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, in the United States. Numbered in 2018, this minor planet has not been named. ' is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO), located beyond the orbit of Neptune (30.1 AU). The ""Johnston's archive"" classifies it as an unspecific ""other TNO"", meaning that the minor planet is neither a resonant nor a classical TNO."
"Makemake Makemake (minor-planet designation 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and perhaps the largest Kuiper belt object in the classical population, with a diameter approximately two-thirds that of Pluto. Makemake has one known satellite, S/2015 (136472) 1. Makemake's extremely low average temperature, about , means its surface is covered with methane, ethane, and possibly nitrogen ices. Makemake was discovered on March 31, 2005, by a team led by Michael E. Brown, and announced on July 29, 2005. Initially, it was known as and later given the minor-planet number 136472. Makemake was recognized as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical"
"(523702) 2014 HW199 , provisional designation , is a trans-Neptunian object from the classical Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 30 January 2011, by astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, United States. The classical Kuiper belt object is also a dwarf planet candidate, as it measures measures approximately in diameter. is a cubewano from the classical Kuiper belt. It is located in between the resonant plutino and twotino populations and has a low-eccentricity orbit. With an inclination significantly higher than 4–7°, it belongs to the ""stirred"" hot population"
"Gerard Kuiper Gerard Peter Kuiper (; ; born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper; December 7, 1905 – December 23, 1973) was a Dutch–American astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor. He is the eponymous namesake of the Kuiper belt. Kuiper is considered by many to be the father of modern planetary science. As professor at the University of Chicago, he was dissertation advisor to Carl Sagan. In 1958, the two worked on the classified military Project A119, the secret Air Force plan to detonate a nuclear warhead on the Moon. Kuiper, the son of a tailor in the village of Harenkarspel in"
"asteroids and the physical properties of comets. Along with Jane Luu, he discovered the first Kuiper belt object (other than Pluto and its largest moon Charon) in 1992 and subsequently identified dozens of additional belt members in a series of pioneering wide field surveys. From these, he discovered that the belt is dynamically divided into regions – the classical Kuiper belt (circular, uninclined orbits, exemplified by 15760 Albion), the scattered disc (also called the ""scattered Kuiper belt"", which bodies have large elliptical orbits with perihelion near Neptune, discovered in 1997) and the Resonant Kuiper belt objects, whose periods are related"