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Objects Beyond Neptune
Meagan Elvena
Dakota Abalos
Jacqueline Lujan
Fernando Lopez
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information we talk about during this
powerpoint.. 
Which of the following separates outer
planets from the inner planets?
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• According to research, dwarf planets and the
asteroid belt separate the planets
All about the kuiper belt
• A region of the solar system that starts just beyond the orbit of
Neptune and that contains dwarf planets and other small bodies
made mostly of ice
• Looks like a doughnut-shaped ring just beyond the orbit of Neptune
• Short period comets originate in the Kuiper Belt
• There may be hundreds of thousands of icy bodies larger than 100
km (62 miles) and an estimated trillion or more comets within
• Some dwarf planets within the Kuiper Belt have thin atmospheres
that collapse when their orbit carries them farthest from the sun
• Several dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt have tiny moons
• This region of space is not capable of supporting life
What does it look like?
Which of the following celestial bodies
do scientists not consider a major
planet?
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• Pluto is not considered a major planet
Exoplanets
• Several hundred planet-like objects have been attributed to stars other
than Earth’s sun because those objects circle stars other than Earth’s sun,
they are called exoplanets
• An exoplanet's size, orbit, and temperature can be deduced by observing
the star it orbits
• As of September 2014, there have been 1,743 confirmed discoveries of
exoplanets
• The first two exoplanets were discovered in 1992
• There are six different ways to search for exoplanets..
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Radical Velocity
Transit Photometry
Micro lensing
Astrometry
Direct Imaging
And searching for distant life in the moonlight
WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT
TRUE OF PLUTO?
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• Pluto is made mostly of ice, smaller than all
known moons, and is not considered a major
planet