kuiper belt map?, does it exist? |
kuiper belt map?, does it exist? |
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Dec 16 2009, 09:29 AM
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I just read about new WISE mission been launched to look for objects in KP and over there, and this question came to my mind: does it exist a map of kuiper belt objects? I have not so much clear how Pluto is located up there; I always imagined it just as a planet alone in its orbit, but , as far as I can understand now, there's actually something more similar to the asteroid belt among mars and jupiter; is this correct? Any picture of it?
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Dec 16 2009, 05:41 PM
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Also, I seem to remember our current knowledge of the Kuiper Belt is very Northern-Hemisphere- and ecliptic-biased, since that's where the surveys have concentrated so far.
A side view might look similarly odd. |
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