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    A classical Kuiper belt object, also called a cubewano (/ˌkjuːbiːˈwʌnoʊ/ "QB1-o"), is a low-eccentricity Kuiper belt object (KBO) that orbits beyond Neptune...
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    metal, most Kuiper belt objects are composed largely of frozen volatiles (termed "ices"), such as methane, ammonia, and water. The Kuiper belt is home to...
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  • are further divided into the classical and resonant objects of the Kuiper belt, the scattered disc and detached objects with the sednoids being the most...
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    Ultima Thule) is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. Arrokoth became the farthest and most primitive object in the Solar System visited by...
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    15760 Albion (category Cold classical Kuiper belt objects)
    they dubbed the object "Smiley" and it was shortly hailed as the tenth planet by the press. It is a "cold" classical Kuiper belt object and gave rise to...
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    all types of TNO subgroups: classical Kuiper belt objects, also known as "cubewanos", the resonant trans-Neptunian objects with their main and higher-order...
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    of Kuiper belt objects (KBOs): the classical Kuiper-belt objects (or "cubewanos"), which lie in orbits untouched by Neptune, and the resonant Kuiper-belt...
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    50000 Quaoar (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
    designation 50000 Quaoar) is a large, ringed trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy planetesimals beyond Neptune. It has an elongated...
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    Makemake (category Classical Kuiper belt objects)
    planet and the second-largest of what is known as the classical population of Kuiper belt objects, with a diameter approximately that of Saturn's moon...
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    79360 Sila–Nunam (category Cold classical Kuiper belt objects)
    79360 Sila–Nunam (provisional designation 1997 CS29) is a cold classical Kuiper belt object (cubewano) and binary system made up of components of almost...
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