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Icy Kuiper Belt Objects Orbit Beyond Pluto and Neptune

Icy Kuiper Belt Objects Orbit Beyond Pluto and Neptune

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
    This image was created from HST data from proposal 9433: G. Bernstein and D. Trilling (U. Pennsylvania); R. Malhotra (U. Arizona); L. Allen (U. British Columbia); M. Brown (Caltech); and M. Holman (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>ACS/WFC
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    January - February 2003
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    F606W (Wide V)
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    2000 FV530 2003 BF91, 2003 BG91, and 2003 BH91
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Kuiper Belt Objects
  • Release Date
    September 6, 2003
  • Science Release
    Farthest, Faintest Solar System Objects Found Beyond Neptune
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, G. Bernstein and D. Trilling (University of Pennsylvania)

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Mar 28, 2025
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