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There are very few "facts" about the Kuiper Belt; the only space probes ever to get that far were the two Voyager probes, and they weren't equipped to make any meaningful measurements of the small bodies that we expect to find there. So most of what we THINK we know are based on theories, or outright guesses.

What we DO KNOW: There are three "dwarf planets" in the area of the Kuiper Belt, named Eris, Sedna, and Makemake.

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