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What is the donut-shaped region of comets the begins near Neptune's orbit?
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the KUIPER BELT
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What region are comets located in?
In outer space.
What do you call the region of the solar system which is home to long period comets?
Long period comets are thought to reside mainly in the Oort Cloud.
Are comets part of the of the asteroid belt?
No. Comets come from beyond the asteroid belt, mostly from a region called the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune.
What is the region in the Solar System considered to be the source on long-period comets?
The Oort Cloud.
In what region are most comets at?
We generally believe that comets with orbits of 200 years or less, traveling in the ecliptic plane, come from the Kuiper Belt. Those comets with longer orbits, or that travel at angles to the ecliptic plane, come from the Oort Cloud.
What objects are probably not located in the same region of the solar system in which they originally formed?
Oort cloud comets
What region in Central Asia begins with T?
Taiwan
What is the spherical region that surrounds the solar system and extends almost halfway to the nearest star?
The Oort Cloud of comets.
What is the region of DNA where RNA synthesis begins called?
The region of DNA where RNA synthesis begins is the promoter. DNA contains a number of upstream regulatory and promoter sequences but the region of DNA where RNA synthesis begins is the start codon. This is the first codon that translates into an RNA nucleotide.
What is a major physical region that starts with g?
Germany is a major physical region. It begins with the letter g.
Does kuiper belt mean comet?
No. The belt is a region of the outer solar system similar to the asteroid belt where millions of comets orbit.
How do you define the system?
The solar system is the region of space that is within the gravitational field of the Sun consisting of planets, satellites, asteroids, and comets.
