: 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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The Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system past Neptune’s orbit, is likely home to hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of icy objects that vary in shape and size.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
Astronomers think there may be a ninth planet 20 times further than the orbit of Neptune in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system that's home to Pluto, other dwarf planets, and comets.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Like the Kuiper Belt in our solar system, this extraterrestrial debris disk is likely filled with comets, dwarf planets and a lot of water-ice particles chipped off larger bodies as the result of collisions.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 May 2025
For instance, Neptune migrated outward, switching places with Uranus, and pushed a lot of the small, icy bodies into the Kuiper Belt, a place in the outer solar system that’s home to dwarf planets Pluto, Eris and Makemake and millions of comets.
—Lucas Brefka, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
Astronomers think there may be a ninth planet 20 times further than the orbit of Neptune in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system that's home to Pluto, other dwarf planets, and comets.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Like the Kuiper Belt in our solar system, this extraterrestrial debris disk is likely filled with comets, dwarf planets and a lot of water-ice particles chipped off larger bodies as the result of collisions.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 May 2025
For instance, Neptune migrated outward, switching places with Uranus, and pushed a lot of the small, icy bodies into the Kuiper Belt, a place in the outer solar system that’s home to dwarf planets Pluto, Eris and Makemake and millions of comets.
—Lucas Brefka, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
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“Kuiper Belt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kuiper%20Belt. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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