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- Caltech: Quaoar - Frequently Asked Questions About Quaoar
- A Deep Ecliptic Survey for Kuiper Belt Objects - A description of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, a systematic search for Kuiper Belt Objects using large telescopes.
- Distant EKOs: The Kuiper Belt Electronic Newsletter - Recent and past issues of the Distant EKOs Newsletter, a review of the science and current events surrounding Kuiper Belt Objects
- Kuiper Belt - Guide to KBOs and recent research by Dr. David Jewitt of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
- The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud - Primer on objects in the outer solar system from The Nine Planets multimedia tour of the solar system.
- Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) - Basic information on the Kuiper Belt from ORRERY: the solar system in action.
- List of Transneptunian Objects - Lists currently known transneptunian objects, also known as Kuiper Belt Objects. Updated daily.
- Lowell Observatory: Deep Ecliptic Survey - The official home page of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, an initial reconaissance of the Kuiper Belt
- New Horizons - An unmanned Pluto-Kuiper Belt probe study. New Horizons, if approved, would launch in 2006.
- swri.edu: A Kuiper Belt Glossary - This page lists acronyms and definitions of terms used in Kuiper belt research.
- nationalgeographic.com: 800-Mile-Wide "Object" Found in Solar System - Astronomers have discovered the largest object in the solar system since Pluto was named the ninth planet in 1930. (October 7, 2002)
- science.nasa.gov: Hubble Spots the Biggest World Since Pluto - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has measured Quaoar and found it to be 1300 km wide. (October 7, 2002)
- Scientific American: Journey to the Farthest Planet - Scientists are finally preparing to send a spacecraft to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, the last unexplored region of our planetary system. By S. Alan Stern (May 1, 2002)
- UniSci: Some Kuiper Belt Objects Turn Out To Be Binary Pairs - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of an intriguing new class of solar system objects -- dim and fleeting objects that travel in pairs in the frigid, mysterious outer realm of the solar system called the Kuiper Belt. (April 18, 2002)
- STScI: Hubble Hunts Down Binary Objects at the Fringe of Our Solar System - The Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of a puzzling new class of solar system object that might be called a Pluto "mini-me." (April 17, 2002)
- Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission team dedicates Science Operations Center - On Monday, February 4, on what would have been the 96th birthday of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde W. Tombaugh, NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission team announced the dedication of its Science Operations Center in his honor. (February 6, 2002)
- NASA Goddard Joins Team to Explore the Solar System's Final Frontier - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has joined a team led by the Southwest Research Institute to begin design studies for what could be the first spacecraft to visit PLuto and the Kuiper Belt. (December 7, 2001)
- How Big Is 2001 KX76? - Size comparison of 2001 KX76 and other known objects. From NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day. (August 30, 2001)
- European Southern Observatory: Virtual Telescope Observes Large Asteroid - European Southern Observatory images of 2001 KX76 (August 23, 2001)
- Discovery Announcement of 2001 KX76 - From the National Optical Astronomy Observatory Newsletter (July 2, 2001)
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