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The Orbit of 1998 WW31 in the Kuiper Belt Target Name:   Kuiper Belt Produced by:   NASA and A. Feild (Space Telescope Science Institute) Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   STScI-PR02-04 Date Released:  17 April 2002 Related Documents Hubble Hunts Down Binary Objects at the Fringe of Our Solar System Kuiper Belt Objects Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size kuiper2.jpg JPEG 800 x 601 78K kuiper2.jpg JPEG 3119 x 2344 6M This illustration compares the orbit of the binary Kuiper Belt object, called 1998 WW31, with the orbits of Pluto and Neptune, the outermost solar system planets. The inset picture, consisting of six snapshots taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows one member of the Kuiper Belt pair [the faint white blobs] during its elliptical orbit. The bright white object at the bottom of the oval is the other member of the pair.

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