KUIPER BELT

Kuiper Belt Basics

• The Kuiper Belt is a region of space beyond Neptune

• It is filled with icy objects and dwarf planets

• It starts about 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth

🧊 Icy Objects

• Objects in the Kuiper Belt are made of ice and rock

• Many are leftovers from the early solar system

🌍 Dwarf Planets

• The Kuiper Belt is home to dwarf planets like Pluto

• Other dwarf planets include Haumea and Makemake

🌀 Shaped Like a Disk

• The Kuiper Belt is shaped like a wide, flat ring around the Sun

🌠 Source of Comets

• Many short-period comets come from the Kuiper Belt