wiki Word: Kuiper Belt
PRONOUNCIATION KEY:   /ˈkaɪpɚ/, to rhyme with "viper"
 

 

 

 

 

Definition:A region of the Solar System extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 55 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but it is far larger

 

The Kuiper belt is 20 times as wide and 20–200 times as massive as the asteroid belt. It consists of many small bodies called ices. It also contains at least one dwarf planet, the one we know being Pluto.

 

A good Lincs phrase I've thought of for Kuiper Belt is:When you think of the kuiper belt, think of a viper curled around our sun, this will help you to remember the pronunciation of "kuiper belt" and where it is in relation to our sun.

 

The Kuiper Belt is named after Gerald Kuiper However the belt was actually discovered by David Jewitt.

 

A KBO is a Kuiper Belt Object. There have been over 1000 KBOs discovered and There are 70000 KBOs predicted to exist in total. The new Pan-STARRS telescope should reveal many more KBOs

 

 Known objects in the Kuiper belt. Objects in the main belt are green, scattered objects are orange. The planets are blue. And Neptune's Trojan asteroids are yellow, while Jupiter's are pink.

 

When you think of the kuiper belt, think of a viper curled around our sun, this will help you to remember the pronunciation of "kuiper belt" and where it is in relation to our sun.

  
This word is important to us because we are learning about space in class, and this is an anomaly in our very own solar system.It is important to science because, Kuiper Belt objects may be primitive remnants from the early accretional phases of the solar system. The inner, dense parts of the pre-planetary became the major planets, probably within a few millions to tens of millions of years. The outer parts were less dense, and accretion progressed slowly. Evidently, many small objects were formed. Second, it is widely believed that the Kuiper Belt is the source of the short-period comets (such as Halley's Comet). It acts as a reservoir for these bodies in the same way that the Oort Cloud acts as a reservoir for the long-period comets.

kozuch et al. "Kuiper Belt." Wikipedia. 2008. Wikipedia. 28 Apr 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt>.

Jewitt, David. "Kuiper Belt." Kuiper Belt. 01 Dec 2007. 12 Jun 2008 <http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/kb.html>.

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