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Kuiper

[ US /ˈkupɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973)

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  • The Kuiper belt is an icy disk of debris orbiting the sun, beyond Neptune, and is the original home of many comets.
  • The reason Pluto is not a "big rock" and different from most other objects in the Kuiper Belt is that it has achieved a state known as hydrostatic equilibrium. Readings, signings, and other events vaguely literary for Monday, February 23, 2009 | Seattle Metblogs
  • Uranus and Neptune might have formed at about the time of the suspected cataclysm, and maybe they dragged Kuiper belt objects into collision courses with the other members of the solar system.
  • The Oort cloud would have its inner disk at the ecliptic from the Kuiper belt. Planet-x.com.au » does every solar system have a Oort cloud?
  • The Kuiper belt is an icy disk of debris orbiting the sun, beyond Neptune, and is the original home of many comets.
  • Sedna, the mysterious minor planet orbiting the Sun beyond the far edge of the Kuiper Belt, is gradually yielding its secrets to planetary scientists.
  • Planet-x. com.au » bad_kissinger: A big shout-out to all my homeyz up in da Kuiper Belt! Planet-x.com.au » bad_kissinger: A big shout-out to all my homeyz up in da Kuiper Belt!
  • The Kuiper belt is a hypothetical massive flattened disc of billions of icy planetesimals supposedly left over from the formation of the solar system.
  • Unlike Kuiper belt comets, Oort cloud comets can rain down on the inner solar system from any angle and any direction.
  • Now would be a perfect chance to get the kids excited about Kuiper Belt and Trans-Neptunian Objects, and maybe the whole celestial object naming business. Planet-x.com.au » 29.04.10-Name a Minor Planet! : Astro Guyz
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