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Kuiper belt Common

Kuiper belt has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

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Noun
1

a disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune

2

a type of asteroid belt found in the outer regions of planetary systems that forms an annular belt or disc around the system's center, lying beyond the planetary formation region for major planets, which may extend outwards to reach the inner Oort cloud

Proper Noun
1

A region of space between 30 and 50 astronomical units from the Sun, roughly confined within a thick band around the ecliptic of the Solar System. This area is populated by many thousands of trans-Neptunian objects.

2

Alternative letter-case form of Kuiper belt

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