但天文学家们不必等那久来证实他们对太阳系外层的理解。斯卡德和他的团队已经掌握了其它柯伊伯带星体的掩星。
Astronomers won't have to wait that long to firm up their understanding of the outer solar system, though: Sicardy and his team already have occultations in hand from other Kuiper Belt objects.
海王星轨道以外有一个被称之为太阳系的柯伊伯带的区域，接下来的几十年内，在这个区域中靠近冥王星的位置科学家接连发现了许多和冥王星相似的星体。
Over the decades scientists continued to find similarly large objects in Pluto's neighborhood, a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune called the Kuiper belt.
目前只有5颗小行星被确认为矮行星，包括柯伊伯带里最有名的星体——冥王星。
So far there are just five confirmed dwarf planets, including the most famous Kuiper Belt object, Pluto.
目前只有5颗小行星被确认为矮行星，包括柯伊伯带里最有名的星体——冥王星。
So far there are just five confirmed dwarf planets, including the most famous Kuiper Belt object, Pluto.
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