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Smaller objects from the Outer Solar System

The outer solar system beyond Neptune is divided into two regions: the Kuiper Belt, and beyond that, the Oort Cloud.  It is thought that comets originate in this region of the solar system; disturbed by collisions or the gravity of other objects, they are sent into the inner solar system.  Most of the so-called "dwarf planets" are KBOs or Kuiper Belt Objects.

Kuiper belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Solar System Exploration: Planets: Kuiper Belt

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Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt and Dust Disk

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Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen | Universe Today

Classical Kuiper belt object - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Trans-Neptunian object - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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