The objects within the Kuiper Belt together with the members of the scattered disk beyond, are together called trans-Neptunian.
Many objects such as dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt are much bigger than the ones in the asteroid belt and are round. At least some Kuiper belt objects are icebound.
The first objects in the Kuiper belt to be found were Pluto and Charon (moon) but the belt was only identified and named in 1992 when more Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) were found. A few thousand have since been discovered and more than 70,000 KBOs over 100 km (62 mi) in diameter are thought to exist.
- setting this to "bottom-right" will display a (rather large) icon linking to the graphic, if desired
Notes:
Details on the new coding for clickable images is here: [1]
The smaller planets have a bit of an overlap just to ensure they're locatable, especially in the belts.
While it may look strange, it's important to keep the codes for a particular system in order. The clickable coding treats the first object created in an area as the one on top.
- I've placed moons on "top" so that their smaller circles won't disappear "under" their respective planets or dwarf planets.
The "poly" code would be more appropriate for the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. However, there appears to be a bug with that aspect of the code.
- I've compensated by using oversized circles for those moon groups, and tucking them UNDER their planets for now.
The Sun is a rectangle as that approximates the edge closely enough for the purposes of this template.
I've guessed as to the boundaries for the KB, SD, and OC - if they need adjustment, load the image into Paint and use the pencil tool to find the appropriate coordinates.