The First Kuiper Belt Object

Overview

Jane Luu and David Jewitt discovered (15760) Albion, the first body found in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune after a five-year search.

Confirmed the Kuiper Belt as a real population and reframed Pluto as one of many icy worlds.

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BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica
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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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