Trans Neptunian Objects

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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)

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Trans Neptunian Objects

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Kuiper Belt

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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Kuiper Belt

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: New Horizons

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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Tag: New Horizons

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Tag: Planet Nine

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)

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Planet Nine

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Trans Neptunian Objects

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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