NOUN
- any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system
How To Use Kuiper belt object In A Sentence
- If the discovery of the moons is confirmed, scientists say it will further understanding of how the Pluto system evolved, as well as shedding new light on other Kuiper Belt objects with satellites, and the Kuiper Belt region in general.
- 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 smallest Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) seen previously in reflected light is roughly 30 miles across, or 50 times larger.
- 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.
- 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