Trans-Neptunian Objects

GPTKB entity

Statements (90)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:albedo varies
gptkbp:color varies from grey to red
gptkbp:composition gptkb:rock
ice
volatile ices
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:David_Jewitt
gptkb:Jane_Luu
1992
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth greater than 30 AU
gptkbp:firstDiscoveredObject gptkb:(15760)_1992_QB1
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Trans-Neptunian Objects
gptkbp:importantFor source of short-period comets
clues to Solar System formation
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Ilmarë
gptkb:Hydra
gptkb:Pluto
gptkb:Actaea
gptkb:Kerberos
gptkb:Styx
gptkb:Varuna
gptkb:Salacia
gptkb:20000_Varuna
gptkb:2002_AW197
gptkb:2002_MS4
gptkb:2003_AZ84
gptkb:2004_XR190
gptkb:2012_VP113
gptkb:2013_FY27
gptkb:2014_FE72
gptkb:2014_MU69
gptkb:2014_UZ224
gptkb:2015_RR245
gptkb:2015_TG387
gptkb:2018_VG18
gptkb:Dysnomia
gptkb:Gonggong
gptkb:Hiʻiaka
gptkb:Huya
gptkb:Namaka
gptkb:Orcus
gptkb:Quaoar
gptkb:Chaos
gptkb:Arrokoth
gptkb:Charon
gptkb:Eris
gptkb:Haumea
gptkb:Makemake
gptkb:Nix
gptkb:Ixion
gptkb:Varda
gptkb:Sedna
gptkb:Vanth
gptkb:Weywot
Eris-Dysnomia system
Haumea-Namaka system
Makemake-MK2 system
Orcus-Vanth system
Pluto-Charon system
Quaoar-Weywot system
Salacia-Actaea system
Varda-Ilmarë system
gptkbp:largestWin gptkb:Pluto
gptkbp:locatedBeyond gptkb:Neptune
gptkbp:numberKnown over 3,000
gptkbp:orbitType Sun
hundreds to thousands of years
gptkbp:region gptkb:Scattered_Disc
gptkb:Kuiper_Belt
gptkb:Oort_Cloud
gptkbp:secondLargestKnown gptkb:Eris
gptkbp:someAre dwarf planets
centaurs
binary systems
comet nuclei
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkb:New_Horizons
ground-based telescopes
gptkbp:subclassOf gptkb:asteroid
gptkbp:surface craters
water ice
methane ice
tholin compounds
gptkbp:type scattered disc object
detached object
classical Kuiper Belt object
resonant Kuiper Belt object
sednoid
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:RECON_(Research_and_Education_Collaborative_Occultation_Network)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6