reservoir of small Solar System bodies

C26794
concept

A reservoir of small Solar System bodies is a dynamically stable region of space, such as the Kuiper Belt or Oort Cloud, that gravitationally stores large populations of minor objects like comets, asteroids, and icy planetesimals over long timescales.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
asteroid population 1

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Asteroid belt asteroid population
Kuiper Belt