Kuiper Belt (jan 28, 1519 – jan 28, 1719)
Description:
Facts about the Kuiper Belt:1. The Kuiper Belt is a doughnut-shaped ring of icy objects around the sun, extending just beyond the orbit of Neptune.
2. The Kuiper Belt begins at about 30 AU from the sun and stretches out until 50 AU from the Sun.
3. The Kuiper Belt is believed to house all of the leftover materials from the solar system's early history.
4. The majority of short-period comets originate from the Kuiper Belt.
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Date:
jan 28, 1519
jan 28, 1719
~ 200 years