Kuiper belt
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The Kuiper belt is an area of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to 50 AU from the Sun.
The objects within the Kuiper Belt together with the members of the scattered disk beyond, are together called trans-Neptunian.
| The Solar System | |
|---|---|
| Star | The Sun |
| Planets | Mercury • Venus • Earth • Mars • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune |
| Dwarf planets | Ceres • Pluto • Eris |
| Small solar system body | Asteroid belt – Comets – Meteors – Kuiper belt – Scattered disc – Oort cloud |
| Other | Moon |
