KBO Orbits Diagram

Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FV53

Two snapshots, taken 12 hours apart, were combined to produce this Hubble Space Telescope image of a Kuiper Belt object (named 2000 FV53) moving across the sky. Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys tracked the object on Jan. 26, 2003. Like all the planets, this solar-system...

Icy Kuiper Belt Objects Orbit Beyond Pluto and Neptune

Icy Kuiper Belt Objects Orbit Beyond Pluto and Neptune

Successive Frames Showing KBO 2000 FV53 Moving Across the Field

This series of images from the Advanced Camera for Surveys shows a Kuiper Belt object (2000 FV53) moving across the sky on 26 January 2003. Like all planets, this Solar-System member appears to move relative to the fixed stars and galaxies in the background. This particular...