Übersetzung für 'Kuiper belt' von Englisch nach Deutsch

Kuiper belt

Kuipergürtel {m}astron.

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Kuiper belt object

Kuipergürtelobjekt {n}astron.

• Young Earth Creationists reject the existence of the Kuiper belt and Oort cloud.
• The first known collisional family in the classical Kuiper belt—a group of objects thought to be remnants from the breakup of a single body—is the Haumea family.
• Short-period comets originate in the Kuiper belt or its associated scattered disc, which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune.
• The innermost of these are the Kuiper-belt objects, called "objects" partly to avoid the need to classify them as asteroids or comets.
• In 2023, it was discovered that the dwarf planet and Kuiper belt object Quaoar has a widely-separated ring.

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• Plutinos form the inner part of the Kuiper belt and represent about a quarter of the known Kuiper belt objects.
• Pluto itself is now recognized as being a member of the Kuiper belt and the largest dwarf planet, larger than the more-massive Eris.
• The 90 cm Spacewatch telescope was used to discover the Kuiper belt body, 20000 Varuna in the year 2000.