Size comparison of 2001 KX76 and other known objects. From NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.
European Southern Observatory images of 2001 KX76
From the National Optical Astronomy Observatory Newsletter
Frequently Asked Questions About Quaoar
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has measured Quaoar and found it to be 1300 km wide.
This page lists acronyms and definitions of terms used in Kuiper belt research.
Scientists are finally preparing to send a spacecraft to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, the last unexplored region of our planetary system. By S. Alan Stern
Primer on objects in the outer solar system from The Nine Planets multimedia tour of the solar system.
The Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of a puzzling new class of solar system object that might be called a Pluto "mini-me."
The Newsletter is dedicated to the dissemination of research relevant to the Kuiper belt. The goal is to provide researchers with easy and rapid access to current observational and theoretical studies of the Kuiper belt, directly related objects, and other areas of research.
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