What technique will probably be most successful in the search for additional cold Pluto-like objects in the Kuiper Belt?
A) Hubble Space Telescope surveys in the ecliptic plane
B) observations at ultraviolet wavelengths, because this radiation can penetrate the dust and gas in the outer planetary system
C) radar observations, sending powerful pulses outward and searching for reflected radio pulses
D) dedicated spacecraft like New Horizons
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