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e. A classical Kuiper belt object, also called a cubewano ( / ˌkjuːbiːˈwʌnoʊ / "QB1-o"), [a] is a low-eccentricity Kuiper belt object (KBO) that orbits beyond Neptune and is not controlled by an orbital resonance with Neptune. Cubewanos have orbits with semi-major axes in the 40–50 AU range and, unlike Pluto, do not cross Neptune's orbit.
Ceres ( minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first known asteroid, discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily, and announced as a new planet.
The Oort cloud ( / ɔːrt, ʊərt / ), [1] sometimes called the Öpik–Oort cloud, [2] is theorized to be a vast cloud of icy planetesimals surrounding the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years ). [3] [note 1] [4] The concept of such a cloud was proposed in 1950 by the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, in whose ...
a dwarf planet, the third-largest-known trans-Neptunian object. Notable for its two known satellites, rings, and unusually short rotation period (3.9 h). It is the most massive known member of the Haumea collisional family. 136472 Makemake: a dwarf planet, a cubewano, and the fourth-largest known trans-Neptunian object: 136199 Eris
Operating speed. 200 km/h (125 mph) Route map. The Fehmarn Belt fixed link ( Danish: Femern Bælt-forbindelsen, German: Fehmarnbelt-Querung) or Fehmarn Belt tunnel is an under-construction immersed tunnel, which will connect the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn, crossing the 18-kilometre-wide (11 mi) Fehmarn Belt in ...
The word glíma is the Icelandic term for "wrestling" in general. The same word has also a wider meaning of "struggle". Glima differs from other ethnic wrestling styles in three ways: Upright position – The contestants must remain upright. The body position in many other ethnic wrestling styles is often bent over at the waist, but in glima ...
A large crater in the Bach quadrangle on Mercury is named in Bach's honor as are the main-belt asteroids 1814 Bach and 1482 Sebastiana. Bach's music features three times—more than that of any other composer—on the Voyager Golden Record, a gramophone record containing a broad sample of the images, common sounds, languages, and music of Earth ...
