Update: New Horizons Shines in First Major Review Copyright 2001 The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ...

List Of Transneptunian Objects Information on converting absolute magnitudes to diameters is available, as is an explanation of the quantities given in the listings above. This list is updated daily, except for the few days surrounding the preparation of each batch of MPCs. It is also updated as and when new objects are discovered. Designation (and name) Prov. Des. q Q H Epoch M Peri. Node Incl.

Information from the European Southern Observatory ESO Press Photos 27a-b/01 23 August 2001 For immediate release Virtual Telescope Observes Record-Breaking Asteroid New Data Show that 2001 KX76 Is Larger than Ceres Summary Ceres, the first asteroid (minor planet) to be discovered in the Solar System, has held the record as the largest known object of its kind for two centuries. However, recent ...

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Introduction The Team Science Goals Technique Results Catalog of DES Images Search Research Home Since 1992, when David Jewitt and Jane Luu of the University of Hawaii discovered the first Kuiper Belt Object (KBO), astronomers have been working to explore the vast and intriguing region beyond Neptune known as the Kuiper Belt. Tens of thousands of these icy KBOs await discovery as they slowly ...

Historical look at the Kuiper Belt; its theoretical prediction, finding, and the man behind it all - Gerald Kuiper.

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2001 August 30 How Big Is 2001 KX76 Credit: ESA, ESO, Astrovirtel, Gerhard Hahn (German Aerospace Center, DLR), et al. Explanation: Newly discovered minor planet 2001 KX76 is circled in the top ...

NOAO Outreach Press RELEASE DATE: July 2, 2001 RELEASE NO: NOAO 01-10 IMAGES: The links below take you to a page where you can download high resolution images. The May 22, 2001, discovery image for the large Kuiper Belt Object 2001 KX76 was produced by combining two exposures from the 4-meter Blanco Telescope at CTIO in such a way that moving objects appear as red-colored pairs of images.

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