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The Kuiper Belt is home to icy bodies beyond Neptune. Solar system leftovers, frozen in time.

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The Kuiper Belt lies roughly 30–50 AU from the Sun and includes many dwarf planets and small icy objects. It’s a major source region for short-period comets.

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