UNIVERSE
METEOROIDS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is FALSE. The Kuiper belt is an area of the Solar System extending from the orbit of Neptune. It is composed of billions of small solar system bodies and at least three dwarf planets: Pluto, Makemake, and Haumea.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pluto cannot be classified an asteroid because “there is no asteroid belt known beyond Neptune for which Pluto can serve as a charter member, ‘’ Littmann suggests.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but is far larger-20 times as wide and 20–200 times as massive.
Detailed explanation-4: -Asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars.
Detailed explanation-5: -Yes, the asteroid belt separates the four inner, rocky planets from the four outer, gas planets. The present of Jupiter as the 5th planet is believed to be the reason that the asteroid belt formed in the first place.