Tag: 18th largest object in the Kuiper Belt

First Unusual Carbon-Rich Asteroid Observed In Kuiper Belt

MessageToEagle.com | May 9, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – An unusual Kuiper Belt Object 2004 EW95 has been observed by an international team of astronomers using ESO telescopes. The object is a carbon-rich asteroid, the first

Rendering of the orbit of the newfound dwarf planet RR245 (orange line), which scientists say is the 18th largest object in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune. Credit: Alex Parker/OSSOS team

Astronomy

New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto’s Orbit

MessageToEagle.com | July 14, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – Pluto isn’t quite as lonely as scientists had thought. Astronomers have discovered another dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, the ring of icy objects beyond Neptune.