New Horizons photos shed more light on Kuiper Belt

The photographs revealed few small craters on Charon — by default, that indicates a lack of small impactors. Based on analyzing these craters, the researchers believe, most objects in the Kuiper Belt are larger than 300 feet to 1 mile in diameter, which qualifies as small in this case. As New Horizons sends back images …

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