UNIVERSE
METEORITES
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Question
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band of small icy rocks just passed Neptune
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a majority of comets originate from here
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nucleus made of frozen water, gas, dust, and rocky material
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Kuiper Belt is a doughnut-shaped ring of icy objects around the Sun, extending just beyond the orbit of Neptune from about 30 to 55 AU.
Detailed explanation-2: -Like the asteroid belt, it consists mainly of small bodies or remnants from when the Solar System formed. While many asteroids are composed primarily of rock and metal, most Kuiper belt objects are composed largely of frozen volatiles (termed “ices"), such as methane, ammonia, and water.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Kuiper Belt is named for astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who published a scientific paper in 1951 that speculated about objects beyond Pluto. Kuiper’s work didn’t actually predict the populations of objects we observe in the region named for him, or crucially, their relationship with Neptune.
Detailed explanation-4: -Definition. The Kuiper Belt is the region in the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune that contains icy bodies orbiting the Sun.
Detailed explanation-5: -Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, a donut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune.