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