Meaning of kuiperoid | Babel Free

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A Kuiper belt object, such as Pluto

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“I'm fascinated by the relatively small "ice balls" in the very outer part of the solar system. I have⟳ often wondered what bodies lay⟳ out there fainter than 17th magnitude, the limit⟳ of the plates I took at Lowell Observatory. May I suggest⟳ we call⟳ this new class of objects "Kuiperoids"?”

“As of mid-1995, more than 20 objects, dubbed Kuiperoids, had been discovered within the Kuiper belt. The first one (other than Pluto) was spotted in 1992.”

“Complementary mechanisms of dust release⟳ from kuiperoids and Centaurs between Jupiter and Neptune can include⟳ impacts of large grains and the solar wind. Without discussing here the dust production by the above mechanisms ... we simply refer⟳ to observational data that indicate⟳, for a number⟳ of kuiperoids and Centaurs, a steady cometary activity lasting for years”

“We would not begin⟳ to guess⟳ how many more objects like⟳ Pluto (and Charon) could exist⟳ in the outskirts of our Solar System until the discovery of the first kuiperoid (1992 QB1) by David Jewitt and Jane Luu”

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