SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Astronomers think the icy objects of the Kuiper Belt are remnants left over from the formation of the solar system. Similar to the relationship between the main asteroid belt and Jupiter, it’s a region of objects that might have come together to form a planet had Neptune not been there.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kuiper belt (/ˈkaɪpər/) 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -We think that giant planets like Jupiter are the cornerstones of planet formation. These planets were assembled early in the process, before their young stars had the chance to absorb or blow away the light gases in the huge cloud from which they were born.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why comets and asteroids are so important to understand our solar system. It is believed that comets and asteroids are the relics of the material that formed the solar system. They would not have evolved and could inform us about the chemical composition, the size, and the formation process of the protosolar nebula.

Detailed explanation-5: -Comets from the Kuiper Belt take less than 200 years to orbit the sun and travel approximately in the plane in which most of the planets orbit the sun. Objects in the Kuiper Belt are presumed to be remnants from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.