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The orbit of 2001 KX76 compared to the orbit of the planets
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The orbit of 2001 KX76 compared to the orbit of the planets
Depicts: Asteroid 2001 KX76, Solar System planet orbits Copyright: ESA, ESO, Astrovirtel & Gerhard Hahn (German Aerospace Center, DLR) Show in archive: true
This diagram illustrates the orbit of asteroid
2001 KX76 - a Kuiper Belt Object and the largest asteroid in
the Solar System. Its orbit is very similar to that of the
planet Pluto.