Trans-Neptunian Objects
48 entries in the Trans-Neptunian Objects compendium.
20000 VarunaA large, rapidly rotating Kuiper belt object with possible satellite.Colonization of trans-Neptunian objectsTrans-Neptunian objects may be humanity's major habitat in space.Trans-Neptunian spectral typesClassification of TNOs by infrared spectra reveals primordial disk composition.208996 AchlysThird largest plutino, elongated by rapid rotation.15760 AlbionFirst trans-Neptunian object discovered after Pluto and Charon.474640 AlicantoA detached extreme trans-Neptunian object with a mysterious orbit.148780 AltjiraA low-density, red classical Kuiper belt binary.15810 ArawnA plutino observed closely by New Horizons in 2016.486958 ArrokothFarthest Solar System object visited by a spacecraft.55565 AyaA large, reddish classical Kuiper belt object and dwarf planet candidate.66652 BorasisiBinary classical Kuiper belt object with a very red surface.65489 CetoBinary trans-Neptunian object with similar-sized components.19521 ChaosA cubewano in the Kuiper belt, possibly a contact binary.532037 ChiminigaguaA large scattered-disc object with a moon, possibly a dwarf planet.53311 DeucalionA cold classical cubewano from the Kuiper belt.471143 DziewannaA scattered disc object with a 2:7 resonance with Neptune.90568 GoibniuA large, hot classical Kuiper belt object and possible dwarf planet.229762 GǃkúnǁʼhòmdímàA mid-sized scattered disc object with a red moon and porous interior.38628 HuyaA binary plutino in the Kuiper belt, named after a Wayuu rain god.28978 IxionA large plutino in the Kuiper belt.541132 LeleākūhonuaThird sednoid discovered, with an orbit suggesting Planet Nine.47171 LempoA triple plutino in the Kuiper belt.58534 LogosA likely contact binary in the cold classical Kuiper belt.307261 MániA large Kuiper belt object with extreme topography.385446 ManwëBinary resonant Kuiper belt object in 4:7 resonance with Neptune.341520 Mors–SomnusBinary plutino system of twin Roman gods.420356 PraamžiusA cold classical Kuiper belt object with an extremely circular orbit.145451 RuminaA large scattered-disc object discovered in 2005 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.120347 SalaciaA large, dark Kuiper belt object with a synchronous moon.79360 Sila–NunamA cold classical Kuiper belt binary system of near-equal size.471325 TaowuA trans-Neptunian object with a nearly polar retrograde orbit.42355 TyphonFirst known binary centaur, a scattered disc object with a large moon.55637 UniA large, low-density Kuiper belt object with a moon.174567 VardaA large, hot classical Kuiper belt object with a massive moon.78799 XewiosoA dark, mid-sized trans-Neptunian object at the inner Kuiper belt.469705 ǂKá̦gáraA binary Kuiper belt object with mutual occultation events.1998 WW31First trans-Neptunian binary discovered after Charon in 1978.2001 QW322Widest known binary minor planet, discovered in 2001.2011 JY31A tight binary cold classical Kuiper belt object.2014 OS393A binary KBO once considered for New Horizons flyby.(26308) 1998 SM165A twotino binary with a low-density, icy composition.(60621) 2000 FE8A resonant binary trans-Neptunian object in a 2:5 Neptune resonance.(82075) 2000 YW134A rare 3:8 resonant trans-Neptunian binary system.(523764) 2014 WC510Binary plutino discovered by Pan-STARRS, its components revealed by stellar occultation.(524366) 2001 XR254A binary cubewano from the cold classical Kuiper belt.(612095) 1999 OJ4A cold classical cubewano with a near-equal-sized moon.Brett J. GladmanCanadian astronomer and discoverer of many moons and minor planets.David C. JewittCo-discoverer of the first Kuiper belt object beyond Pluto.
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