Difference between revisions of "Beyond Neptune's orbit"
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There are many objects usually found beyond Neptune; the [http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0804/ plutoids] ([[Pluto]], [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080923.html Haumea], [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080716.html Makemake], and [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070619.html Eris]) and the smaller Kuiper Belt dwarf planets (including Orcus, Ixion, Huya, Varuna, Quaoar, and Sedna) are the best-known objects, but this is also the birthplace of the comets. | There are many objects usually found beyond Neptune; the [http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0804/ plutoids] ([[Pluto]], [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080923.html Haumea], [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080716.html Makemake], and [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070619.html Eris]) and the smaller Kuiper Belt dwarf planets (including Orcus, Ixion, Huya, Varuna, Quaoar, and Sedna) are the best-known objects, but this is also the birthplace of the comets. |
Revision as of 23:48, 1 January 2010
There are many objects usually found beyond Neptune; the plutoids (Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris) and the smaller Kuiper Belt dwarf planets (including Orcus, Ixion, Huya, Varuna, Quaoar, and Sedna) are the best-known objects, but this is also the birthplace of the comets.