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14. Prospect of Exploration and Exploitation of Kuiper Belt Object Resources in the Future

Author : Volker Maiwald

Published in: Outer Solar System

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The Kuiper Belt is a distant region of our solar system beginning at a solar distance of about 30 AU. By now, the discovery of several small worlds, like the dwarf planets Pluto, Makemake or Haumea, has shown that the trans-Neptunian region of the solar system is indeed more crowded than first meets the eye.

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Title: Prospect of Exploration and Exploitation of Kuiper Belt Object Resources in the Future
Author: Volker Maiwald
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Outer Solar System
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-73844-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-73845-1

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73845-1_14