Kuiper Belt: the Final (Solar) Frontier

Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
Cindy Weehler, KPNO/NOAO RET

Related Links

General information about Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs)

Kuiper Belt Objects
General information about Kuiper Belt Objects. Includes illustrations.
http://planetscapes.com/solar/eng/kuiper.htm

The Kuiper Belt
This is a good, basic, overview of what the Kuiper Belt is, with links to more detailed information.
http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/users/rhiannon/kbo/index.html

Kuiper Belt Movie
This page has some general information about Kuiper Belt Objects, along with several versions of a "movie" (available as animated GIF images, or MPEG movies) that show the discovery of two KBOs.
http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/users/garyb/WWW/KBO/index.html

Intermediate Information about KBOs

The Nine Planets: Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
Intermediate Kuiper Belt information, with a list of links at the bottom of the page.
http://www.nineplanets.org/kboc.html

First Keck Observations
Summary of a Keck study of KBOs, by Diane Farrar.
http://ccf.arc.nasa.gov/dx/basket/storiesetc/NkeckBel.html

Scientific American article
This Scientific American feature article features an excellent overview of the Kuiper Belt and KBOs, by Dave Jewitt, finder of first KBO
http://www.sciam.com/0596issue/0596jewitt.html

Dave Jewitt's Kuiper Belt Page
Features an Animation of blinking and other good information on Kuiper Belt Objects.
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/kb.html

More Advanced Information about KBOs

Distant EKOs: The Kuiper Belt Electronic Newsletter
An academic journal, dedicated to the dissemination of research relevant to the Kuiper belt
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/ekonews/issues/

Gary Bernstein's Home Page
Home page of an astronomer who is studying KBOs. Includes links to his research papers at the bottom of the page.
http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/users/garyb/

Mark Buie's Home Page
Mark is another astronomer studying KBOs. His home page has many links to topics and papers relevant to the study of KBOs.
http://www.lowell.edu/users/buie/

Kitt Peak Links

About NOAO
About NOAO, Kitt Peak, and our other observatories.
http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aboutnoao.html

The Mayall 4-meter telesope
The Mayall 4-meter telescope, part of the Kitt Peak virtual tour.
http://www.noao.edu/outreach/kptour/mayall.html

Mosaic CCD Camera
Technical information about the KPNO mosaic camera.
http://www.noao.edu/kpno/mosaic/mosaic.html

The WIYN telescope
The WIYN telescope, part of the Kitt Peak virtual tour.
http://www.noao.edu/outreach/kptour/wiyn.html

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