Trans Neptunian Objects

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Want to find Planet Nine? Here's a treasure map.
Phil Plait
Aug 25, 2021
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Don’t panic! But a gigantic comet is currently inbound toward the Sun
Phil Plait
Jun 22, 2021
Artwork depicting a Kuiper Belt Object far beyond Neptune. Credit: ASA/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI)
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New analysis weakens — but doesn't kill — the case for Planet Nine (UPDATED)
Phil Plait
Feb 16, 2021
Art depicting a hypothetical Planet Nine orbiting the Sun far beyond Neptune. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech / Robert Hurt
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Has the Sun captured dozens of asteroids from another star? Wellll…
Phil Plait
Apr 28, 2020
Artwork of a possible planet far, far away. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
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Neptune's back yard just got 316 new residents
Phil Plait
Mar 17, 2020
Artwork depicting a Kuiper Belt Object far beyond Neptune. Credit: ASA/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI)
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Help astronomers name a Trans-Neptunian Object! (225088) 2007 OR10 just doesn't cut it
Phil Plait
Apr 11, 2019
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
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
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
Artwork depicting Haumea with its ring; the proportions shown are correct. Credit: Insituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
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