What Is the Kuiper Belt

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Multiple Choice

What is the Kuiper belt?

• A) band of dust in the plane of the ecliptic, extending from near the orbit of Mars to beyond the orbit of Pluto
• B) broadest band of asteroids in the asteroid belt, separated from other bands by Kirkwood gaps
• C) relatively flat distribution of objects in the plane of the ecliptic, extending from around the orbit of Pluto to about 50 au from the Sun
• D) approximate spherical distribution of comets centered on the Sun and extending out to about 50,000 au

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