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Kuiper Belt

Trans-Neptunian and Outer Solar System Objects

The Kuiper Belt is a vast disc of small icy bodies in the outer solar system extending from Neptune's orbit at about 30 AU out to roughly 50 AU, home to most of the solar system's known dwarf planets, including Pluto, Haumea and Makemake, along with thousands of smaller frozen worlds.

Facts
Object Type
Region 1
Discovery Year
1992 1
Year the first confirmed Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, 1992 QB1, was observed by David Jewitt and Jane Luu, confirming the belt's existence.
Classification
Catalogue
Other or Uncatalogued 1
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description, kuiper-belt catalogue classification
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The Kuiper Belt is a vast disc of small icy bodies in the outer solar system extending from Neptune's orbit at about 30 AU out to roughly 50 AU, home to most of the solar system's known dwarf planets, including Pluto, Haumea and Makemake, along with thousands of smaller frozen worlds.
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Kuiper belt (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    It is similar to the asteroid belt, but is far larger-20 times as wide and 20-200 times as massive.
  • In Group: Solar System Belts, Clouds and Small Trans-Neptunian Bodies, Lead: kind of object
    The Kuiper belt ( ) is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System
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