Examples of 'kuiper belt' in a sentence

Meaning of "kuiper belt"

The term 'Kuiper Belt' refers to a region of space in the outer part of the solar system. It is a disk-shaped area beyond Neptune that contains numerous small celestial bodies, such as dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets. The Kuiper Belt is named after Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper
Show more definitions
  • A region of space between 30 and 50 astronomical units from the Sun, roughly confined within a thick band around the ecliptic of the Solar System. This area is populated by many thousands of trans-Neptunian objects.
  • a type of asteroid belt found in the outer regions of planetary systems that forms an annular belt or disc around the system's center, lying beyond the planetary formation region for major planets, which may extend outwards to reach the inner Oort cloud
  • Alternative letter-case form of Kuiper belt

How to use "kuiper belt" in a sentence

Basic
Advanced
kuiper belt
With objects from the kuiper belt.
Kuiper belt appears tonight in the northern sky.
Ended up in something called the kuiper belt.
Kuiper belt objects are not quickly changing phenomena.
Of an unknown object deep within the kuiper belt.
I read your paper on kuiper belt object size distribution.
That humankind has explored pluto in the kuiper belt.
That is sculpting the kuiper belt from the outside.
Just a you are coming to the part of the kuiper belt.
In what we call the kuiper belt or the oort cloud.
We have only just started exploring the kuiper belt.
Classical kuiper belt.
Kuiper belt objects whose orbits share this resonance are called plutinos.
Out at the kuiper belt.
Kuiper belt objects and the asteroid belt do not obscure the field of view.

See also

It was the first Kuiper belt object to be discovered.
Borasisi is a binary classical Kuiper belt object.
Pushing the kuiper belt and arranging it into the setup that we see today.
Varuna is a large classical Kuiper belt object.
The classical Kuiper belt appears to be a composite of two separate populations.
It is believed that it originated in the Kuiper belt.
There is a Kuiper belt near here.
Pluto is a little planet in the Kuiper belt.
It is believed that the Kuiper belt is a source of comets.
Makemake is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt.
Discovery of the Kuiper belt and the first extrasolar planets.
In that respect it can be compared to the Kuiper belt.
The number of objects that the Kuiper belt contains is confused.
A collisional family of icy objects in the Kuiper belt.
The Kuiper belt sends a steady rain of small comets earthward.
Vanth may thus be a captured Kuiper belt object.
Quaoar is a Kuiper belt object with a circular orbit and moderate inclination.
It is believed to be a captured centaur that originated in the Kuiper belt.
No other Kuiper belt object is known to possess more than one satellite.
This group of planetesimals is now known as the Kuiper belt.
The Kuiper belt is the smallest and closest of these debris clouds.
It will also study other objects in the Kuiper belt.
They are probably drawn in from the Kuiper belt by alignments with larger planets.
The comet just passed through the Kuiper belt.
The Kuiper belt is just too far away for us to get a decent view.
Short period comets are thought to originated in the Kuiper belt.
The Kuiper belt is a lot like the asteroid belt and it is formed of planetsimals.
It was the first confirmed body in the Kuiper belt.
The Kuiper belt may be the most exciting discovery in the solar system.
Phoebe is believed to be a captured centaur that originated in the Kuiper belt.
The Kuiper Belt is home to some of the oldest objects in our solar system.
Both systems are surrounded by disks not unlike the Kuiper belt.
The Kuiper belt is a vast rim of primordial debris encircling our solar system.
Hildian asteroids are thought to have originated from the Kuiper belt.
The region now called the Kuiper belt was hypothesized in various forms for decades.

You'll also be interested in:

Examples of using Belt
I am wearing a belt of staples that go into my skin
I think there are actually whales on his belt
He had a belt tied around his neck
Show more
Examples of using Kuiper
Kuiper chose to concentrate on the binary stars
With objects from the kuiper belt
Kuiper belt appears tonight in the northern sky
Show more

Search by letter in the English dictionary