Kuiper Belt Objects: QuaoarThe biggest object in the Kuiper belt consists, as most bodies there, of probably the same parts of ice and rock.Distance to the Sun: 42 AU Diameter: 1250 km Orbit period: 285 years Back: Objects in the Solar System |
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