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 17 2009, 08:28 AM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
I think the heat source refers to objects outside our solar system that are not reflecting starlight, like Brown Dwarfs. Surely we should see objects like Pluto, which doesn't have a heat source but can be seen from Earth with 'normal' telescopes. I'm looking forward to the WISE results
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