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Kuiper Belt
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origin of comets
2003 EL61
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dwarf planets
Eris
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Gerard Kuiper, astronomer who predicted existence of the belt
Makemake
pictures
Pluto
Pluto and KBOs as primitive objects
relation to the Oort Cloud
scattered disk objects
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Asteroid
Asteroid, small rocky or metallic body that orbits the Sun. Hundreds of thousands of asteroids exist in the solar system. Asteroids range in size from...
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