Kuiper belt

Meaning

Noun

●

In Astronomy:

a type of

found in the

of

planetary systems

that

an

or

around the system's

,

beyond the

for

, which may

to

the

Oort cloud

Name

●

A

of

between 30 and 50

astronomical units

from the Sun,

within a

around the

of the Solar System. This area is

by many

of trans-Neptunian objects.

●

Alternative letter-case form of Kuiper belt

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