SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kuiper Belt is home to millions of rocky and icy objects referred to as either Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) or trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). The frigid condition of these objects is due to their vast distance from the sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kuiper Belt is one of the largest structures in our solar system-others being the Oort Cloud, the heliosphere and the magnetosphere of Jupiter. Its overall shape is like a puffed-up disk, or donut. Its inner edge begins at the orbit of Neptune, at about 30 AU from the Sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -Comets are pristine remnants from the formation of the solar system that are comprised of minerals, rock and mostly ice, much like a dirty snowball. They travel around the sun in elliptical orbits and can be inclined to the plane of the solar system at any angle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Big Numbers. Predictions show the Oort Cloud may contain more than a trillion icy objects.

Detailed explanation-5: -Uranus, which rotates on its side, and Neptune are of similar size and color, although Neptune seems to have a more active atmosphere despite its much greater distance from the sun. Both planets are composed primarily of rock and various ices.

Detailed explanation-6: -The Kuiper belt contains millions of icy objects. The Kuiper belt was named after astronomer Gerard Kuiper. Around 35, 000 Kuiper belt objects are estimated to be larger than 100 km in diameter. More items