Kuiper Belt Object (KBO)
Kuiper Belt Object (KBO)
Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) - A small, icy object left over from the time of the Solar System’s formation that is now in a belt just beyond the orbit of Neptune.
This is an image of Pluto, which is the largest Kuiper Belt Object.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161122.html
Author: Kyra Klarkowski, UCF Undergraduate 2017
Editor: Patrick Joiner, UCF Interdisciplinary Studies, Class of
2018
Senior Editor: M.M. Montgomery, Ph.D, UCF Physics