Kuiper Belt

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The Kuiper Belt is a vast, doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond Neptune that includes dwarf planets like Pluto and is a major source of comets in our solar system.


Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ixion
Orcus ("Kuiper belt")
Quaoar
Varuna
locatedIn
(15760) 1992 QB1 ("Kuiper belt")
20000 Varuna
orbitalRegion
Exploring Our Solar System
coversTopic
944 Hidalgo ("Kuiper belt or trans-Neptunian region (hypothesized)")
mayHaveOrigin

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