Kuiper belt/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Kuiper belt.

Region of the Solar System extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 55 AU from the Sun, containing thousands of icy bodies, some of which are on highly elliptical orbits, periodically visiting the inner solar system as comets.

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