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, 03:22 PM
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WISE can't detect objects as cold as any of the known Kuiper belt objects. It couldn't detect another Earth if such existed within the Kuiper belt, as an Earth would only be 35 K out there. Read starting from "Moving on to the brown dwarf detections..." in my blog entry on the mission.
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cassioli kuiper belt map? Dec 16 2009, 09:29 AM
ngunn This is from the IAU Minor Planet Center:
http://... Dec 16 2009, 10:50 AM ElkGroveDan That's the site I was going to send you to. T... Dec 16 2009, 03:11 PM
kwp QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 16 2009, 08:11 A... Dec 16 2009, 05:09 PM YesRushGen QUOTE (kwp @ Dec 16 2009, 12:09 PM) Some ... Dec 16 2009, 05:38 PM maschnitz Also, I seem to remember our current knowledge of ... Dec 16 2009, 05:41 PM cassioli I found some incredible links:
http://www.johnston... Dec 16 2009, 05:51 PM ngunn QUOTE (cassioli @ Dec 16 2009, 05:51 PM) ... Dec 16 2009, 06:46 PM elakdawalla What planet have you been on, cassioli??
This ... Dec 16 2009, 07:20 PM Floyd WISE should add hundreds of new objects. Doesn... Dec 16 2009, 09:08 PM cassioli QUOTE (Floyd @ Dec 16 2009, 09:08 PM) WIS... Dec 17 2009, 07:58 AM ngunn QUOTE (cassioli @ Dec 17 2009, 07:58 AM) ... Dec 17 2009, 09:36 AM cassioli QUOTE (ngunn @ Dec 17 2009, 09:36 AM) Not... Dec 17 2009, 12:04 PM remcook I think the heat source refers to objects outside ... Dec 17 2009, 08:28 AM Floyd Coldest night of the year in the Boston area, with... Dec 17 2009, 11:13 AM alan The papers I've seen discussing Spitzer Space ... Dec 17 2009, 03:58 PM maschnitz cassioli, did you read Brown's whole article a... Dec 18 2009, 12:37 AM cassioli Full inline quote removed - ADMIN
yes, indeed I w... Dec 18 2009, 08:45 AM cassioli This is my "work in progress" solar syst... Dec 19 2009, 11:02 PM helvick I like the approach - it is very effective at conv... Dec 20 2009, 02:18 AM cassioli QUOTE (helvick @ Dec 20 2009, 02:18 AM) O... Dec 21 2009, 07:43 PM maschnitz Something to think about is whether you're pre... Dec 20 2009, 02:42 AM cassioli can anybody please suggest a goog&free graphic... Dec 21 2009, 09:14 PM helvick A really (really!) good place to start would b... Dec 21 2009, 09:33 PM |
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