- Kuiper belt - Wikipedia
The Kuiper belt ( ˈkaɪpər ⓘ) [2] is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun [3] It is similar to the asteroid belt, but is far larger—20 times as wide and 20–200 times as massive [4][5] Like the asteroid belt, it consists
- Kuiper belt | Definition, Location, Size, Facts | Britannica
Kuiper belt, flat ring of icy small bodies that revolve around the Sun beyond the orbit of the planet Neptune It comprises hundreds of millions of objects whose orbits lie close to the plane of the solar system
- Kuiper Belt - Science@NASA
The Kuiper Belt is a doughnut-shaped region of icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune It is home to Pluto and most of the known dwarf planets and some comets
- Kuiper Belt - Objects, Location, Facts - Science Notes and Projects
The Kuiper belt is a thick ring of dwarf planets, comets, and debris out past the orbit of Neptune The belt contains around one hundred thousand objects that are at least 100 kilometers wide and countless smaller bodies
- Kuiper Belt Objects | What Is Kuiper Belt - Star Walk
On December 7, 2025, we celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birth of Gerard Kuiper, the astronomer whose name the Kuiper Belt now bears Ironically, Kuiper believed this region no longer existed — yet today it’s known as one of the most intriguing zones in the Solar System
- Kuiper Belt Facts - NASA Science
The Kuiper Belt is an enormous, donut-shaped volume of space in the outer solar system While there are many icy bodies in this region that we broadly refer to as Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) or trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), they're fairly diverse in size, shape, and color
- What is the Kuiper Belt? A guide to the outer Solar System
The Kuiper Belt is a ring of rocky, icy bodies at the edge of the Solar System A guide to how it was discovered and what we know about it
- Kuiper belt - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kuiper belt is an area of the Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune (at 30 astronomical units) to 50 AU from the Sun The objects within the Kuiper Belt together with the members of the scattered disk beyond, are together called trans-Neptunian
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