Trans Neptunian Objects

Artwork depicting a Kuiper Belt Object far beyond Neptune. Credit: ASA/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI)
Neptune's back yard just got 316 new residents
Phil Plait
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Help astronomers name a Trans-Neptunian Object! (225088) 2007 OR10 just doesn't cut it
Phil Plait
Apr 11, 2019
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Artwork depicting the Kuiper Belt Object (225088) 2007 OR10, the largest object in the solar system that still has not been named. Credit: Alex Parker via 2007or10.name
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Here it is: The most detailed full image of MU69 from New Horizons we'll ever see.
Phil Plait
Feb 26, 2019
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The highest resolution image of the Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69, taken by the New Horizons spacecraft minutes before closest encounter in 2019. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute, National Optical Astronomy
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Does Planet 9 Exist? <All signs (still) point to 'yes'>
Phil Plait
Feb 25, 2019
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Artwork of a possible planet far, far away. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
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A weird, distant potato-shaped world gets weirder: Haumea has rings!
Phil Plait
Oct 12, 2017
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Artwork depicting Haumea with its ring; the proportions shown are correct. Credit: Insituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
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