ESO Astronomical Glossary - K

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Kuiper belt
The Kuiper belt is a region in the outer solar system beyond Neptune'sorbit that contains billions of icy bodies referred to as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). TNOs vary in sizes from dust-sized to several thousand kilometers.

Kueyen
Kueyen is the name of the second Unit Telescope (UT2) of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. In the Mapuche language Kueyen means the Moon.


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