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Where is the Kuiper Belt and what type of bodies are located there?
Kuiper Belt is the remotest and the farthest part of our solar system, starting from the orbit of Neptune. It is much like the asteroid belt, but is 20-200 times heavier. It contains, mostly the remnants of the solar system formation. It also has asteroids of large size, comets and cooled gases.
Does Kuiper Belt have a atmosphere?
no
What is the name of the belt that separate the inner from the outer planets?
The asteroid belt orbits between the rocky planets and the gas giants.
Can people live on the Kuiper Belt?
no
What properties of pluto might make scientist think that it is a kuiper belt object?
Small bodies that are mostly made of water ice /\. /\. O
Does charon belong to Kuiper belt?
Yes, it is a moon of Pluto, which is a Kuiper belt object.
Is Pluto is the largest member of the Kuiper Belt?
Yes. PLuto is the largest known object in the Kuiper belt.
Do the kuiper belt rotate on the axis?
The Kuiper belt is not an object; it is a region of the solar system. Therefore it does not have an axis of rotation
Begins near Pluto's orbit?
Pluto's orbit is near the beginning of the Kuiper belt.
What is the name of the celestial body thought to have come from the Kuiper belt and Oort cloud?
The correct answer is comet!
Is Eris the largest Kuiper Belt object?
No. Eris is not a Kuiper Belt object, but is instead part of the scattered disk, beyond the Kuiper Belt. Eris is slightly smaller than Pluto, though by an insignificant amount but has a greater mass, meaning it is denser.
What does not lend support to the idea that Pluto is a Kuiper-belt object?
Some known Kuiper-belt objects are hundreds of kilometers across.
What is the full name of the kuiper belt?
The full name of the Kuiper Belt is the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt. It is named for the astronomers Kenneth Edgeworth and Gerard Kuiper. The Kuiper Belt is a region of the Earths solar system that is found beyond the planets. It extends from the orbit of Neptune.
Was Pluto the biggest object in the Kuiper Belt?
The answer To Your Question Is Yes.
What is the donut-shaped region of comets the begins near Neptune's orbit?
the KUIPER BELT
Who was the Kuiper belt named after?
The Kuiper Belt is named after Gerard Kuiper; he was one of the only scientists who had theories about the Kuiper belt in the early fifties
Where is the Kuiper Belt and what type of bodies are located there?
Kuiper Belt is the remotest and the farthest part of our solar system, starting from the orbit of Neptune. It is much like the asteroid belt, but is 20-200 times heavier. It contains, mostly the remnants of the solar system formation. It also has asteroids of large size, comets and cooled gases.
