Given the typical orbit of an observatory about L2, the observational baseline of ~1.5 × 10⁶ km between L2 and Earth results in an instantaneous parallax of ~10″–100″, even for the most distant of ...

It is even suspected that there are tens of thousands of objects with a diameter of more than 100 kilometers. "Surprisingly, many of these so-called trans-Neptunian objects move on eccentric ...

122, No. 895, 2010 September On the Detection of Two New Trans-Neptun... On the Detection of Two New Trans-Neptunian Binaries from the CFEPS Kuiper Belt Survey This is the metadata section. Skip to ...

Work from the DiSCo program (Discovering the Composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects) has uncovered the existence of three main groups of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) in the outer Solar System.

Trans-Neptunian objects are the most distant solar system objects viewable from Earth. With some good equipment, a bit of luck, a bit of persistence and clear skies, you should be able to see some.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers spotted 139 new objects in our solar system in orbit beyond Neptune.

An artist’s rendition of a trans-Neptunian Object imagines the sun in the far, far distance. Some people in the aerospace business like engineering. Others prefer science. Jeralyn Gibbs ...

The Planet Nine theory was based on several trans-Neptunian objects, those that are beyond the eighth planet, with highly “tilted” orbits compared to the ecliptic plane. This seemed odd and ...

known as the Trans-Neptunian region, according to NASA. In this region, objects in space could cross any dwarf planet — and Pluto’s — orbit. Pluto also sits within a larger field of objects ...