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...38-3881/138/2/428/ The rotation period and light-curve amplitude of Kuiper belt dwarf planet 136472 Makemake ({{mp|2005 FY|9}})], ''The Astronomical Journa ...of the two largest [[Kuiper belt]] objects (KBO) in the [[Classical Kuiper belt object|classical KBO]] population.{{Ref_label|B|b|none}} Its diameter is ro ...

...ehind [[Jupiter]] along its orbital path. Also shown is the main asteroid belt between the orbits of [[Mars]] and Jupiter (white) and the [[Hilda family]] ...only called '''Trojans''' or '''Trojan asteroids''', are a large group of objects that share the orbit of the planet [[Jupiter]] around the Sun. Relative to ...

...e Jupiter's are pink. The scattered objects between the Sun and the Kuiper belt are known as [[Centaur (planetoid)|centaurs]]. The scale is in [[astronomic ...mposed primarily of [[Rock (geology)|rock]] and [[metal]], the Kuiper belt objects are composed largely of frozen [[volatiles]] (termed "ices"), such as [[met ...

...t objects (radius, mass, orbital distance etc.) see [[List of Solar System objects in hydrostatic equilibrium]]}} ...olecular cloud]] approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The Sun's retinue of objects circle it in a nearly flat disc called the [[plane of the ecliptic|ecliptic ...

..., determined by comparing its position relative to more distant background objects. Tau Ceti is considered to be a high-proper-motion star, although it only h ...| title=The debris disc around tau Ceti: a massive analogue to the Kuiper Belt ...

...arth masses or 1.1% (see [[Solar System#Notes]] and [[List of Solar System objects by mass]])</ref> Theorists believe it is no accident that Jupiter lies just ...em migrated from the warmer inner Solar System to the region of the Kuiper belt.<ref> {{cite web |year= 2006|author=Emily Lakdawalla|work=The Planetary Soc ...

...er structure.<ref>{{cite web | author=Weissman, Paul R. | title=The Kuiper Belt| work=Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics| url=http://adsabs.harvar | title=Trio of Neptunes and their Belt ...

...ally results in the appearance of [[accretion disk]]s around young stellar objects.<ref name=Andre1994/> At the age of about 1&nbsp;million years, 100% of sta ...ve planets, while others have nothing around them, even [[debris disk|dust belt]]s.<ref name=Youdin2002/> ...

...objects in an orbiting [[debris disk]], which is analogous to the [[Kuiper belt]] in the [[Solar System]].<ref name=apj628/> Stars that display an infrared [[Astrophotography]], the [[photography]] of celestial objects, began in 1840 when [[John William Draper]] took an image of the Moon using ...

...or=Papagiannis, M. D. |title=Are We Alone or Could They be in the Asteroid Belt? |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=19 |p ...where resources would be plentiful—such as the [[asteroid]]s, the [[Kuiper belt]], the [[Oort cloud]] and the various planetary ring systems—may yet produc ...