Kuiper

How To Use Kuiper In A Sentence

• 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
• The Kuiper belt and Oort cloud are populations of icy planetesimals located beyond the orbit of Neptune.
• Kuiper crater is named for Gerard Kuiper, a Dutch-American astronomer who was also a member of the Mariner 10 team.
• The few largest ones, including Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris have one crucial feature that distinguishes them from the other objects in the Kuiper Belt. SAVE PLUTO!: SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSIES » Sociological Images
• For one thing, astronomers discovered the Kuiper belt, a teeming ensemble of miniature worlds within which Pluto orbits.
• As Flight Engineer, Kuipers was responsible for undocking the Soyuz from the Space Station.
• New Horizons is in fact on its way to a dwarf planet, as Pluto is not sufficiently larger than its Kuiper Belt neighbors, namely the objects Haumea and Makemake, to meet the definition of a true planet. Wired Top Stories
• There are several other spherical Kuiper Belt Objects that should also be considered planets–Haumea, Makemake, and Eris–as well as Ceres in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Readings, signings, and other events vaguely literary for Monday, February 23, 2009 | Seattle Metblogs
• 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
• Unlike Kuiper belt comets, Oort cloud comets can rain down on the inner solar system from any angle and any direction.