Comments on: Where Are All the Kuiper Belt Objects?

By: Laurel Kornfeld

Laurel Kornfeld — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:27:45 +0000

Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris are both KBOs and planets due to their being spherical, in a state of hydrostatic equilbirium. Yes, the demotion of Pluto was hasty and sloppy and there's a good chance it will be overturned.

By: Paul Eaton-Jones

Paul Eaton-Jones — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:45:11 +0000

Perhaps they're all hiding behind the Death Star/Nemesis. )

By: Jarod

Jarod — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:10:30 +0000

I believe that Pluto is a more exotic KBO then we all thought.

By: Kevin M.

Kevin M. — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:34:52 +0000

Does this mean they were hasty to demote Pluto to a dwarf planet?

By: Vino

Vino — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:21:02 +0000

From this result, it seems Kuiper Belt objects seem to be much mroe elusive than previously thought and more exotic too…
Very interesting indeed….just wondering exactly what it means to our solar system evolution….