Kuiper belt

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Kent objects in the Kuiper belt beyond the orbit o Neptune. (Scale in AU; epoch as o Januar 2015.)
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Distances but nae sizes are tae scale
Source: Minor Planet Center, www.cfeps.net an ithers

The Kuiper belt /ˈkpər/ or /'køypǝr/[1] (as in Dutch), whiles cried the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt, is a circumstellar disc in the Solar Seestem beyond the planets, extendin frae the orbit o Neptune (at 30 AU) tae approximately 50 AU frae the Sun.[2]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Kuiper belt - oxforddictionaries.com". Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 17 Januar 2016.
  2. Alan Stern; Colwell, Joshua E. (1997). "Collisional Erosion in the Primordial Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt and the Generation of the 30–50 AU Kuiper Gap". The Astrophysical Journal. 490 (2): 879–882. Bibcode:1997ApJ...490..879S. doi:10.1086/304912.