: a band of small celestial bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune from which many short-period comets are believed to originate compare oort cloud
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Jupiter-family comets, named for their gravitational ties to Jupiter, are icy relics of the Kuiper Belt, a region beyond Neptune.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Astronomers have been searching the Kuiper Belt for a hidden planet for more than a decade.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
New Horizons will exit the Kuiper Belt in 2028 or 2029 and approach the solar system's edge.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015, returning stunning images and other data about the Kuiper Belt Object Formerly Known as a Planet.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2024
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Astronomers have been searching the Kuiper Belt for a hidden planet for more than a decade.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
New Horizons will exit the Kuiper Belt in 2028 or 2029 and approach the solar system's edge.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015, returning stunning images and other data about the Kuiper Belt Object Formerly Known as a Planet.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Kuiper Belt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kuiper%20Belt. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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