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nationalgeographic.com: 800-Mile-Wide "Object" Found in Solar System nationalgeographic.com: 800-Mile-Wide "Object" Found in Solar System: Astronomers have discovered the largest object in the solar system since Pluto was named the ninth planet in 1930. (Kuiper Belt) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1003_021007_quaoar.html European Southern Observatory: Virtual Telescope Observes Large Asteroid European Southern Observatory: Virtual Telescope Observes Large Asteroid: European Southern Observatory images of 2001 KX76 (Kuiper Belt) http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2001/phot-27-01.html Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs): Basic information on the Kuiper Belt from ORRERY: the solar system in action. (Kuiper Belt) http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/kuiper.html New Horizons New Horizons: An unmanned Pluto-Kuiper Belt probe study. New Horizons, if approved, would launch in 2006. (Kuiper Belt) http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ NASA Goddard Joins Team to Explore the Solar System's Final Frontier NASA Goddard Joins Team to Explore the Solar System's Final Frontier: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has joined a team led by the Southwest Research Institute to begin design studies for what could be the first spacecraft to visit PLuto and the Kuiper Belt. (Kuiper Belt) http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/news-release/releases/2001/01-121.htm Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission team dedicates Science Operations Center Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission team dedicates Science Operations Center: On Monday, February 4, on what would have been the 96th birthday of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde W. Tombaugh, NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission team announced the dedication of its Science Operations Center in his honor. (Kuiper Belt) http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/tombaugh.htm STScI: Hubble Hunts Down Binary Objects at the Fringe of Our Solar System STScI: Hubble Hunts Down Binary Objects at the Fringe of Our Solar System: The Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of a puzzling new class of solar system object that might be called a Pluto "mini-me." (Kuiper Belt) http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2002/04/ How Big Is 2001 KX76? How Big Is 2001 KX76?: Size comparison of 2001 KX76 and other known objects. From NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day. (Kuiper Belt) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010830.html UniSci: Some Kuiper Belt Objects Turn Out To Be Binary Pairs UniSci: Some Kuiper Belt Objects Turn Out To Be Binary Pairs: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of an intriguing new class of solar system objects -- dim and fleeting objects that travel in pairs in the frigid, mysterious outer realm of the solar system called the Kuiper Belt. (Kuiper Belt) http://unisci.com/stories/20022/0418024.htm Kuiper Belt Kuiper Belt: Guide to KBOs and recent research by Dr. David Jewitt of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (Kuiper Belt) http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/kb.html Caltech: Quaoar Caltech: Quaoar: Frequently Asked Questions About Quaoar (Kuiper Belt) http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~chad/quaoar/ A Deep Ecliptic Survey for Kuiper Belt Objects A Deep Ecliptic Survey for Kuiper Belt Objects: A description of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, a systematic search for Kuiper Belt Objects using large telescopes. (Kuiper Belt) http://www.noao.edu/noao/noaonews/jun00/node2.html Lowell Observatory: Deep Ecliptic Survey Lowell Observatory: Deep Ecliptic Survey: The official home page of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, an initial reconaissance of the Kuiper Belt (Kuiper Belt) http://www.lowell.edu/Research/DES/ List of Transneptunian Objects List of Transneptunian Objects: Lists currently known transneptunian objects, also known as Kuiper Belt Objects. Updated daily. (Kuiper Belt) http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/TNOs.html swri.edu: A Kuiper Belt Glossary swri.edu: A Kuiper Belt Glossary: This page lists acronyms and definitions of terms used in Kuiper belt research. (Kuiper Belt) http://www.boulder.swri.edu/ekonews/glossary.html Discovery Announcement of 2001 KX76 Discovery Announcement of 2001 KX76: From the National Optical Astronomy Observatory Newsletter (Kuiper Belt) http://www.noao.edu/outreach/press/pr01/pr0110.html The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud: Primer on objects in the outer solar system from The Nine Planets multimedia tour of the solar system. (Kuiper Belt) http://www.nineplanets.org/kboc.html Scientific American: Journey to the Farthest Planet Scientific American: Journey to the Farthest Planet: Scientists are finally preparing to send a spacecraft to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, the last unexplored region of our planetary system. By S. Alan Stern (Kuiper Belt) http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0009D736-1E25-1CD4-B4A8809EC588EEDF Distant EKOs: The Kuiper Belt Electronic Newsletter Distant EKOs: The Kuiper Belt Electronic Newsletter: Recent and past issues of the Distant EKOs Newsletter, a review of the science and current events surrounding Kuiper Belt Objects (Kuiper Belt) http://www.boulder.swri.edu/ekonews/issues/ science.nasa.gov: Hubble Spots the Biggest World Since Pluto science.nasa.gov: Hubble Spots the Biggest World Since Pluto: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has measured Quaoar and found it to be 1300 km wide. (Kuiper Belt) http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/07oct_newworld.htm