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Handout
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Kuiper Belt

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore space beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt region of our solar system. Find out about the space bodies that exist there and what our space missions have taught us about this far away region.
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Website
Other

Spacetech's Orrery: The Kuiper Belt

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a historical look at the Kuiper Belt; its theoretical prediction, finding, and the man behind it all - Gerald Kuiper.
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Website
Other

Southwest Research Institute: Distant Ek Os Kuiper Belt Electronic Newsletter

For Students 9th - 10th
Distant EKOs is a scholarly newsletter about astronomical research on the Kuiper Belt. The bulk of information is accessed by clicking on the Current and Past Issues links. The newsletter issues contain, primarily, abstracts of scholarly...
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Article
NASA

Nasa: A Cold New World

For Students 9th - 10th
Quaoar, the most recent addition to our solar system, has displayed many planet-like characteristics but has yet to be named "the 10th planet." Learn more about the interesting find here. Many links to various sites on Quaoar and the...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Comets

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the characteristics of comets.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Comets

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the characteristics of comets.
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Website
Johns Hopkins University

New Horizons Website

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Solar System Exploration section of NASA provides an overview of the space mission to Pluto, Charon, and the fringes of our Solar System. It describes the Kuiper Belt, and the objects involved with it, provided links...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Escape From a Kuiper Belt Object

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must predict the speed of an object if it is to escape from a Kuiper Belt object.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Maximum Height a Kuiper Belt Object

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must predict the speed of an object if it is to climb to a certain height above a Kuiper Belt object.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Gravitational Force on a Kuiper Belt Object

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find out the strength of the gravitational force on a ship that is at rest on a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO).
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Handout
Arizona State University

Mars Global Surveyor: Kuiper Belt Objects

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the extended belt of small bodies residing just outside the orbit of Pluto, the Kuiper Belt.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: What Is the Kuiper Belt?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Defines the Kuiper Belt and discusses who it is named after and some of the objects floating in the belt.