Candidate Kuiper Belt Object
This is sample data from the Hubble Space Telescope that illustrates the detection of comets in the Kuiper Belt, a region of space beyond the orbit of the planet Neptune.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Kuiper Belt |
|---|---|
| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet |
| Category: | Solar System |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |