Wikijunior talk:Solar System/Kuiper Belt
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extends from Neptune's orbit [1]
to aproximately 3 billion km beyond it (to about 50 AU (~7.4 billion km - 30 AU ~4.5)) [1][30]
contains objects of icy material [30]
with organic compounds
[edit] How big are the Kuiper belt objects?
[edit] How many are there?
[edit] What are they named after?
Orcus [50]
Charon [51]
Quaoar [52]
Varuna [53]
Ixion [54]
Except for sources indicated below, the 2004-11-26t01:30z version of the English Wikipedia article was used. Please add better sources.
The fact that it was discovered at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii [0] might be used if we use the Kiki/Niki character:
[0] 2005-03-15t06:51z version of w:(15760) 1992 QB1.
[1] Arnett, Bill. The nine planets: a multimedia tour of the solar system. The Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud, paragraph 5. 2004-03-15 http://www.nineplanets.org/kboc.html as accessed on 2005-09-25.
[30] Jewitt, David. Kuiper belt, paragraph 1. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/kb/kb.con.html as accessed on 2005-09-25.
[50] 2005-02-13t00:28z version of w:90482 Orcus.
[51] 2005-02-15t01:55z version of w:Charon (moon), and the 2005-02-14t19:26z version of w:Charon (mythology).
[52] 2005-03-05t19:32z version of w:50000 Quaoar.
[53] 2005-03-04t14:04z version of w:Varuna.
[54] 2005-03-18t22:51z version of w:Ixion.
[edit] it would appear that we have some more
what is the cut off point for this page and what are we going to do about UB313 ?
[edit] Edits not made because of proofreading restrictions.
I saw that astronomers is spelled astronmomers but I dare not correct for fear of being arrested by the bureaucracy that seems to rule this place. Has homeland security taken over wiki?
af:Gebruiker:Jcwf 152.1.193.141 20:17, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
- If you can help, please do. We could certainly use the help! I don't understand about bureaucracy, rule, FEMA, and this wikibook. --SV Resolution 23:13, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
In the 1st paragraph I suggest we add "aproximately" to distance, and replace "lumps" ("objects"? or something simpler to understand?).— Jeandré,2005-09-25t12:25z
[edit] Charon in the belt
In the Pluto article they decided to make Pluto a planet so we probably shouldn't call it a Kuiper Belt object here for the purposes of internal consistancy.--Gbleem 19:20, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
- Pluto and its moons are KBOs and TNOs - I don't think this is disputed. Some agree with the IAU that it is a (major) planet also, some do not. I wonder how the translation/localizing of the articles will handle this, with non English versions maybe putting much less emphasis to the continued planet definition. — Jeandré, 2005-11-11t19:36z
