Kui|per belt

Kui|per belt
Kui|per belt «KY puhr»,
a ring of small celestial bodies orbiting through the outer solar system, beyond the farthest planet, Neptune. It is believed that the Kuiper belt is a source of comets.
[< G. P. Kuiper, 1905-1973, American astronomer, who described the region]

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