With the James Webb Space Telescope. Approximately 1.6 million km from Earth. Humanity’s view of the universe now extends 13.5 billion years into the past. Scientists are eager to study the early days of everything. But there’s a lot we don’t know about our neighbors in the solar system.
In 1951, Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper hypothesized that a belt of objects (believed to be planetary debris or detritus from the formation of the solar system) must lie behind the farthest planet. This was proven true in 1992 with the discovery of the Kuiper Belt. now. Evidence indicates the existence of another Kuiper Belt, perhaps located after the first belt.
Wes Fraser said. Lead author of the study: If this finding is confirmed. The Kuiper Belt is not small and unusual compared to the belts around other stars.
These results come from a joint effort between the New Horizons probe – which flew by Pluto in 2015 – and the Subaru telescope located on Mauna Kea in Chile. And he was looking for
Possible Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) for New Horizons to visit. The Subaru Telescope’s Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) has observed 239 Kuiper Belt objects in just four years. Among these objects. Twelve interesting objects.
Fumi Yoshida said. One of the authors of the study: What is most exciting about the HSC is the discovery of 11 objects at distances far beyond the known Kuiper Belt. Even if this is confirmed. It will be a great discovery.
The unique nature of these objects has to do with their relative distances from both the Sun and the first Kuiper Belt. Which is located 35 to 55 astronomical units from the sun (the astronomical unit is
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun). According to Space.com. The newly discovered objects are located between 70 and 90 astronomical units from the Sun.
