Kuiper belt

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:observatory
gptkbp:contains comets
dwarf planets
icy bodies
gptkbp:established gptkb:Gerard_Kuiper
gptkbp:expansion 30 AU
55 AU
gptkbp:hasAnnualEvents eccentric orbit
inclined orbit
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kuiper belt
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith Oort cloud
planetary migration
Neptune's_gravity
gptkbp:isCharacterizedBy low density
varied colors
irregular shapes
high inclination orbits
icy composition
small size objects
gptkbp:isConsidered a source of short-period comets
gptkbp:isDividedInto gptkb:outer_Kuiper_belt
gptkb:inner_Kuiper_belt
gptkbp:isHomeTo gptkb:Haumea
gptkb:Pluto
gptkb:Eris
Makemake
Sedna
2014 MU69
2002 MS4
2004 DW
2010 JO179
2011 KT19
2013 FT28
2014 PN70
2015 JG130
2015 RR245
2016 QH44
2017 JG1
2018 VG18
2019 LD2
2020 CD3
gptkbp:isLocatedNear Neptune
gptkbp:isMarriedTo millions of objects
icy planetesimals
trans-Neptunian_objects
gptkbp:isNamedAfter gptkb:Gerard_Kuiper
gptkbp:isPartOf gptkb:Outer_Solar_System
Solar_System's_formation_history
gptkbp:isSimilarTo Asteroid belt
gptkbp:isStudiedIn gptkb:New_Horizons
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
planetary formation theories
solar system evolution
dynamics of small bodies
NASA_missions
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Solar_System