View source for Beyond Neptune's orbit

[[Image:Eris.jpg|thumb|Dwarf planet '''[[136199 Eris]]'''. [[Sol]] can be seen in the lower-right corner of this image.]]There are many objects usually found beyond Neptune; the [http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0804/ plutoids] ([[Pluto]], [[136108 Haumea|Haumea]], [[136472 Makemake|Makemake]], and [[136199 Eris|Eris]]) and the smaller Kuiper Belt dwarf planets (including [[90482 Orcus|Orcus]], [[28978 Ixion|Ixion]], [[38628 Huya|Huya]], [[20000 Varuna|Varuna]], [[50000 Quaoar|Quaoar]], and [[90377 Sedna|Sedna]]) are the best-known objects, but this is also the birthplace of the comets.

== Dwarf Planets ==
There are [[wikipedia:List of possible dwarf planets#Likeliest dwarf planets|dozens of dwarf planets]] in the Sol system, and all but one of them are usually found beyond Neptune's orbit. Those with names easily understood by average humans include:

* [[20000 Varuna]]
* [[28978 Ixion]]
* [[38628 Huya]]
* [[50000 Quaoar]]
* [[90377 Sedna]]
* [[90482 Orcus]]
* [[Pluto|134340 Pluto]]
* [[136108 Haumea]]
* [[136199 Eris]]
* [[136472 Makemake]]

[[Image:Quaoar.jpg|thumb|left|Dwarf planet '''[[50000 Quaoar]]'''.]]

== Comet mining stations in the Kupier Belt ==

Water is a valuable commodity everywhere but Earth, and some people get upset when pieces of the gas giants' rings go missing. A brave, hardy, and intelligent person can make a small fortune mining ice, or pushing cometary nucleii to the Inner System.

== Related Pages ==
* [[Azkaban]]
* [[Cochrane's Limit]]
* [[Hades Station]]



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