In 1992 David Jewitt and Jane Luu, using a telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, found a faint object moving beyond Neptune, later catalogued as 1992 QB1. It was the first member of the Kuiper belt, a region of icy bodies beyond Neptune's orbit that Kenneth Edgeworth and Gerard Kuiper had predicted decades before. Thousands have been found since, among them Eris, Makemake and Haumea. Their discovery showed Pluto to be just one of many, which led to its reclassification as a dwarf planet in 2006.
Before and after
- 31 July 1992Thai Airways International Flight 311
- from 14 August 1992 to 27 September 1993War in Abkhazia
- 20 August 1992Birth of Demi Lovato
- 21 August 1992Korićani Cliffs massacre
- 30 August 1992The first Kuiper belt object is found
- 9 September 1992Construction of Parken Stadium
- 25 September 1992Launch of Mars Observer
- 3 November 19921992 United States presidential election
- 5 November 1992European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
More in Universe & space
- 16 February 1948Discovery of Miranda
- 5 September 1977Launch of Voyager 1
- 5 March 1979Discovery of Thebe
- 8 July 1979Discovery of Adrastea
- 16 June 1989Discovery of Proteus
- 15 May 2005Discovery of Nix
The era
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