The new Horizons spacecraft was launched in 2006 for a trip to Pluto and beyond. Unfortunately for this mission there is a little controversy about Pluto as you probably know. Pluto, to put a long story short, has been deemed a dwarf planet by the IAU and this doesn’t really suit the image that NASA [...]
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Kuiper Belt Discovery, Classification, Shape and Size.
The Kuiper belt is a region beyond Neptune that is full of comets, asteroids and other debris. It circles the solar system and has always been a little bit of a mystery as it is so far away and hard to explore. The inkling that the Kuiper belt existed first came from Kuiper and a [...]
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The Ins and Outs of Comets
Throughout history comets have been much more interesting than asteroids. This is mainly because they can be seen with the naked eye because of their immense tail. They have been the stuff of legends the most famous being Halley’s comet as mentioned before. When the planets were formed they didn’t use up all the material [...]
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Best of the Week podcast- Kuiper Belt at a Childs Level.
What is the Kuiper Belt? by Susan, Amanda & Kevin Murph. Susan Murph from the How to Grow Your Geek Podcast and her children Amanda and Kevin discuss Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. [podcast]http://www.weirdwarp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kuiper belt.mp3[/podcast]
