Title: Photometric Properties of Kuiper Belt Objects: Towards the Characterization of the Next 
Targets for the New Horizons Spacecraft

Abstract:
Following the July 2015 encounter with Pluto and its five moons, the New Horizons spacecraft 
will continue its journey through the Kuiper Belt and, pending approval from NASA for an 
extended mission, make a close flyby of a Cold-Classical KBO.  After an extensive search 
using ground-based telescopes turned up empty in the effort to find a KBO within reach of New 
Horizons, the search team enlisted the Hubble Space Telescope and found two candidate 
targets.  I will review the photometric properties of Cold-Classical KBOs and place the candidate 
targets in context with the rest of this population of Solar System objects soon to be explored 
by the New Horizons spacecraft.

Co-authors:
Alan Stern, John Spencer, Simon Porter, Susan Benecchi, and the New Horizons KBO Search 
Team