File:Kuiper belt plot objects of outer solar system.png

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English: Objects of the Kuiper belt (blue). Plot displays the known positions of objects in the outer Solar System within 60 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun. Epoch as of January 1, 2015.

▇ Sun
▇ Jupiter trojans (6,178)
▇ Giant planets: Jupiter (J), Saturn (S), Uranus (U) and Neptune (N)
▇ Centaurs (44,000)
▇ Kuiper belt (>1,000)
▇ Scattered disc
▇ Neptune trojans (9)

Notes: Orbital elements were converted to positions using MERCURY (Chambers 1999). Distances but not sizes are to scale.
Português: Os objetos descobertos até agora no cinturão de Kuiper ou cintura de Kuiper (azul).
Français : Les objets de la ceinture de Kuiper (bleu).
Español: Los objetos descubiertos hasta ahora del cinturón de Kuiper (azul).
Deutsch: Die bisher entdeckten Objekte im Kuipergürtel (blau). Die Graphik zeigt die Position der bekannten Objekte zum Zeitpunkt des ersten Januars 2015 im äußeren Sonnensystem innerhalb eines Umkreises von 60 AU von der Sonne an.
Date 27 January 2015 (original upload date)
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  • Orbital elements from
  • Identification of Resonant Objects also comes from Gladman et al. 2008, Petit et al. 2011, Elliot et al. 2005 + CFEPS additions to that, Lykawka & Mukai 2007, Volk & Malhotra 2011, Alexandersen et al. 2014
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The Kuiper belt in the Solar System

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