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Icy Kuiper Belt Objects Orbit Beyond Pluto and Neptune
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- Data DescriptionData 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) - InstrumentInstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.HST>ACS/WFC
- Exposure DatesExposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.January - February 2003
- FiltersFiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.F606W (Wide V)
- Object NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.2000 FV530 2003 BF91, 2003 BG91, and 2003 BH91
- Object DescriptionObject DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.Kuiper Belt Objects
- Release DateSeptember 6, 2003
- Science ReleaseFarthest, Faintest Solar System Objects Found Beyond Neptune
- CreditNASA, G. Bernstein and D. Trilling (University of Pennsylvania)
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Aug 17, 2025
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