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.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9526a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 14 June 1995, 06:00 |
| Size: | 800 x 575 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Kuiper Belt |
| Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet • Solar System Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
