15760 Albion (provisional designation 1992 QB1) was the first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon. Measuring about 108–167 kilometres...
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(TNO) found after Pluto and Charon: 15760 Albion, which until January 2018 had only the provisional designation (15760) 1992 QB1. Similar objects found later...
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discover a second trans-Neptunian object orbiting the Sun directly, 15760 Albion. The most massive TNO known is Eris, followed by Pluto, Haumea, Makemake...
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could serve as a source for short-period comets. In 1992, minor planet (15760) Albion was discovered, the first Kuiper belt object (KBO) since Pluto (in 1930)...
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The History of Britain. Alebion – Ancient Greek mythological figure 15760 Albion – Trans-Neptunian object, prototype of cubewanos, minor planet Thomas...
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(disambiguation) Albion Road (disambiguation) Albion Viaduct, a railway viaduct in Melbourne, Australia 15760 Albion, a minor planet Albion Correctional Facility...
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discovered after Pluto and Charon, the first having been 15760 Albion, formerly known as (15760) 1992 QB1. It was discovered in 1993 by David C. Jewitt...
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Jewitt and the Vietnamese-American astronomer Jane X. Luu discovered 15760 Albion, the first Kuiper belt object (other than Pluto and its largest moon...
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Pluto was still classified as a planet and only two Kuiper Belt objects (15760 Albion and (181708) 1993 FW) had been discovered Children's literature portal...
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University of Hawaii's 2.2 meter telescope on Mauna Kea. This object is (15760) 1992 QB1, which she and Jewitt nicknamed "Smiley". The American Astronomical...
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IAU redefinition of planet excludes the possibility of double planets. 15760 Albion 1992 unknown Trans-Neptunian object When discovered, these bodies were...
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Phorcys Patroclus I Menoetius Lempo I Paha ~20 more moons of TNOs 3 Juno 15760 Albion 5 Astraea 617 Patroclus 42355 Typhon and many others 50–100 Elara Pasiphae...
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to: 2060 Chiron, claimed by some to be the tenth planet upon discovery 15760 Albion, then nicknamed "Smiley" and hailed as the tenth planet Eris (dwarf planet)...
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classical Kuiper belt objects ("cubewanos") before it was finally named 15760 Albion in January 2018. A few objects are cross-listed as both comets and asteroids...
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the ecliptic. No more trans-Neptunian objects were discovered until 15760 Albion, in 1992. However, in 2005 the relatively bright object Makemake was...
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classification. Then, when the first trans-Neptunian object (other than Pluto), 15760 Albion, was discovered in 1992, and especially when large numbers of similar...
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and Dale Frail working in the United States. August 30 – Discovery of 15760 Albion, the first trans-Neptunian object to be found after Pluto and Charon...
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and Charon, no more trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) were found until 15760 Albion in 1992. Since then, thousands of such objects have been discovered....
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History Series. NASA. OCLC 124150579. SP-4231. Retrieved 19 January 2021. "15760 Albion (1992 QB1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 February 2018. Belton,...
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Kuiper-belt objects, also known as cubewanos (after 15760 Albion, which had the provisional designation (15760) 1992 QB1 from its 1992 discovery to its 2018...
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David C. Jewitt and Jane X. Luu discovered the first Kuiper belt object, 15760 Albion, using UH88, and a team led by Jewitt and Scott S. Sheppard discovered...
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a suffixed number. For example, the provisional designation 1992 QB1(15760 Albion) stands for the 27th body identified during 16-31 Aug 1992: 1992 – the...
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Matsukuma 15740 Hyakumangoku 15742 Laurabassi 15745 Yuliya 15752 Eluard 15760 Albion 15761 Schumi 15762 Rühmann 15763 Nagakubo 15766 Strahlenberg 15779 Scottroberts...
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are the twotinos). It took more than 60 years to discover a second TNO, Albion (provisionally known as 1992 QB1), in 1992. The largest known trans-Neptunian...
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Planet Center catalog number. The first three official cubewanos are 15760 Albion, (15807) 1994 GV9, and (16684) 1994 JQ1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser:...
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1992 GM4 — April 4, 1992 La Silla E. W. Elst V 3.6 km MPC · JPL 15760 Albion 1992 QB1 Albion August 30, 1992 Mauna Kea D. C. Jewitt, J. X. Luu cubewano (cold)...
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orbit is not controlled by an orbital resonance with Neptune, similar to 15760 Albion, but with a much greater orbital eccentricity and inclination. It completes...
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Albifrons 2697 Albina 8005 Albinadubois 27269 Albinocarbognani 7903 Albinoni 15760 Albion 7671 Albis 344581 Albisetti 1783 Albitskij 10656 Albrecht 34281 Albritton...
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Paul Éluard, 20th-century French surrealist poet. JPL · 15752 15760 Albion 1992 QB1 Albion is the island-dwelling primordial man who divided himself into...
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an official Minor Planet Center catalog number. The first cubewano is 15760 Albion. "15807 (1994 GV9)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 3 December 2018....
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