Discovery · 1992 CE
The First Kuiper Belt Object
History of Astronomy
Overview
Jane Luu and David Jewitt discovered (15760) Albion, the first body found in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune after a five-year search.
Why it matters
Confirmed the Kuiper Belt as a real population and reframed Pluto as one of many icy worlds.
Credit
Knowledge connections
- Discovered byJane Luu
- Part ofContemporary Astronomy
Sources & references
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- BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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