Kuiper Belt
16 bodies
Eris
Slightly smaller than Pluto but 27 percent more massive. Its discovery in 2005 triggered t...
Haumea
Has an elongated ellipsoid shape, like a stretched egg. Spins incredibly fast, completing ...
Makemake
The second brightest Kuiper Belt object after Pluto. Discovered in 2005. Has one known moo...
Orcus
A plutino locked in a 2:3 resonance with Neptune, orbiting opposite Pluto in the cycle, wh...
Quaoar
A classical Kuiper Belt object with a surprising ring system announced in 2023. The ring o...
Gonggong
One of the largest trans-Neptunian objects, traveling on a stretched orbit through the sca...
Salacia
A large trans-Neptunian object considered a strong dwarf planet candidate. Has a substanti...
Arrokoth
The most distant world ever explored by a spacecraft, visited by New Horizons on January 1...
Varuna
A large classical Kuiper Belt object. Spins quickly, completing a rotation every 6.3 hours...
Ixion
A plutino locked in a 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune, similar to Pluto. Discovered in ...
Huya
A plutino from the Kuiper Belt, orbiting in rhythm with Neptune. Discovered in 2000 by Ign...
Varda
A large cubewano in the classical Kuiper Belt. One of the brightest known trans-Neptunian ...
Teharonhiawako
A classical Kuiper Belt object with a binary companion named Sawiskera, about half its siz...
Chaos
A classical Kuiper Belt object discovered in 1998 by the Deep Ecliptic Survey. One of the ...
2002 AW197
One of the largest classical Kuiper Belt objects without official dwarf planet status. Dis...
Albion
The first Kuiper Belt object ever discovered beyond the Pluto system, found in 1992 by Dav...