Kuiper Belt object

Kuiper Belt object (plural Kuiper Belt objects)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Kuiper belt object.
   • 2006 January 17, James Randerson, “Nasa's three billion-mile mission to Pluto must wait another day for blast-off”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 August 2013:

     Numerous Kuiper Belt objects orbit each other in this way though. And this raises one of the enduring debates of science: is Pluto actually a planet? On size alone, another Kuiper Belt object (2003 UB313) has to be given the planet accolade as well. […] Professor [Monica] Grady said: "When Pluto was first found it was fair enough to call it a planet. For me it seems pretty clear that Pluto is a Kuiper Belt object. […]"

   • 2012 September 3, Eryn Brown, “Astronomy star gets his due for discovering the Kuiper Belt”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 November 2020:

     [David C.] Jewitt stared through telescopes for five years before finding the first recognized Kuiper Belt object, 1992 QB1, a 150-mile wide chunk of ice and dirt. […] Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, who has spent much of his career discovering Kuiper Belt objects, said Jewitt’s success resulted from a combination of creativity and stubbornness.

   • 2021 July 28, Jonathan O’Callaghan, “2 Red Objects Were Found in the Asteroid Belt. They Shouldn’t Be There.”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 July 2021:

     An artist's concept of Arrokoth, a Kuiper Belt object visited by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2019.