Mostly asteroids.
New Horizons will continue its journey into the Kuiper Belt to study other Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs). Its next target is a KBO called 2014 MU69, also known as Arrokoth, which it is expected to reach in 2019.
The two belts are the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt. The asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter, populated with rocky objects. The Kuiper belt is farther out, beyond Neptune, and is home to many icy bodies and dwarf planets.
Black. Or transparent. The Kuiper Belt is mostly empty space. The objects in the Kuiper "Belt" are small, frozen, balls of nothing much left over from the formation of the solar system. They are, in general, too small to be seen from Earth, even with our biggest telescopes.
No, the Kuiper Belt does not have an atmosphere. It is a region in space beyond Neptune where icy bodies and dwarf planets are found. These objects are too small to retain an atmosphere due to their low gravity.
Those objects are far away, so not much information is known about them.
Objects in the Kuiper Belt often have a temperature of just 50K, or -223.15 Centigrade.
Pluto's orbit is more elliptical than most Kuiper belt objects, it has a higher inclination relative to the plane of the solar system, and its composition is different from the typical Kuiper belt objects.
What is the Kuiper Belt and what kind of objects reside there?
Mostly asteroids.
because of the asteroid belt
KBO stands for: Kuiper Belt Objects
The dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt are often referred to as trans-Neptunian objects. This term encompasses objects like Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake, which are considered dwarf planets due to their size and orbit beyond Neptune.
Comet like asteroids.
No. The Kupier belt is a collection of icy objects in the outer solar system.
In the Kuiper Belt, you would find a variety of icy objects such as dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, and small moons. Some of the most well-known objects in the Kuiper Belt include Pluto, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea.
They orbit our sun.
the KUIPER BELT