A classical Kuiper belt object, also called a cubewano (/ˌkjuːbiːˈwʌnoʊ/ "QB1-o"), is a low-eccentricity Kuiper belt object (KBO) that orbits beyond Neptune...
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metal, most Kuiper belt objects are composed largely of frozen volatiles (termed "ices"), such as methane, ammonia, and water. The Kuiper belt is home to...
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are further divided into the classical and resonant objects of the Kuiper belt, the scattered disc and detached objects with the sednoids being the most...
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15760 Albion (category Cold classical Kuiper belt objects)
they dubbed the object "Smiley" and it was shortly hailed as the tenth planet by the press. It is a "cold" classical Kuiper belt object and gave rise to...
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486958 Arrokoth (redirect from Ultima Thule (kuiper belt object))
Ultima Thule) is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. Arrokoth became the farthest and most primitive object in the Solar System visited by...
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Makemake (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
dwarf planet and the largest of what is known as the classical population of Kuiper belt objects, with a diameter approximately that of Saturn's moon...
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all types of TNO subgroups: classical Kuiper belt objects, also known as "cubewanos", the resonant trans-Neptunian objects with their main and higher-order...
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(119951) 2002 KX14 (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
(provisional designation 2002 KX14) is a trans-Neptunian object located in the inner classical Kuiper belt. It was discovered on 17 May 2002 by Michael E. Brown...
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307261 Máni (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
(provisional designation 2002 MS4) is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt, which is a region of icy planetesimals beyond Neptune. It was...
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Scattered disc (redirect from Scattered disk object)
of Kuiper belt objects (KBOs): the classical Kuiper-belt objects (or "cubewanos"), which lie in orbits untouched by Neptune, and the resonant Kuiper-belt...
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Quaoar (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
retained by the largest Kuiper belt objects. Quaoar has one known moon, Weywot, which was discovered by Brown in February 2007. Both objects were named after...
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(55565) 2002 AW197 (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
(provisional designation 2002 AW197) is a classical, non-resonant trans-Neptunian object from the Kuiper belt in the outermost region of the Solar System...
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Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region X. Analysis of classical Kuiper belt objects from Herschel and Spitzer observations". Astronomy & Astrophysics...
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(275809) 2001 QY297 (category Cold classical Kuiper belt objects)
trans-Neptunian object from the classical Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. The binary classical Kuiper belt object belongs to...
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120347 Salacia (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
designation: 120347 Salacia) is a large trans-Neptunian object (TNO) and possible dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, approximately 850 km (530 mi) in diameter. It...
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the classical Kuiper belt objects in non-resonant orbits such as Makemake, and the scattered disk objects like Eris. Detached objects have also been...
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20000 Varuna (redirect from Varuna (kuiper belt object))
(provisional designation 2000 WR106) is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered in November 2000 by American astronomer Robert...
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2014 OS393 (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
designated e31007AI, e3 and PT2, is a binary trans-Neptunian object in the classical Kuiper belt, the outermost region of the Solar System. It was first observed...
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Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) with diameters of between 500 and 1500 km (more than half that of Pluto) have been discovered. 50000 Quaoar, a classical KBO...
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79360 Sila–Nunam (category Cold classical Kuiper belt objects)
79360 Sila–Nunam (provisional designation 1997 CS29) is a cold classical Kuiper belt object (cubewano) and binary system made up of components of almost...
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trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon Cubewano, a class of trans-Neptunian objects also known as classical Kuiper Belt objects (5322)...
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(145452) 2005 RN43 (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
(145452) 2005 RN43 (provisional designation 2005 RN43) is a large classical Kuiper belt object. It has an estimated diameter of 679+55 −73 km. It was discovered...
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Sedna (dwarf planet) (redirect from Sedna (object))
two other very distant objects – 2006 SQ372 and (87269) 2000 OO67 – share their color with outer classical Kuiper belt objects and the centaur 5145 Pholus...
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420356 Praamzius (category Cold classical Kuiper belt objects)
(provisional designation 2012 BX85) is a trans-Neptunian object from the classical Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately...
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Jumping-Jupiter scenario (section Kuiper belt)
0.2 during which hot classical Kuiper belt objects were captured, and the retention of a primordial cold classical Kuiper belt, but not the jump in Jupiter's...
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2014 PN70 (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
designated g12000JZ, g1 and PT3) is a trans-Neptunian object from the cold classical Kuiper belt located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It...
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66652 Borasisi (category Cold classical Kuiper belt objects)
Borasisi, or as a binary (66652) Borasisi-Pabu, is a binary classical Kuiper belt object. It was discovered in September 1999 by Chad Trujillo, Jane X...
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(516977) 2012 HZ84 (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
(provisional designation 2012 HZ84) is a small trans-Neptunian object from the Kuiper belt located in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately...
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2011 JY31 (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
trans-Neptunian object from the Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It is a cold classical Kuiper belt object. 2011 JY31 was...
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(55636) 2002 TX300 (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
(55636) 2002 TX300 is a bright Kuiper belt object in the outer Solar System estimated to be about 286 kilometres (178 mi) in diameter. It is a large member...
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