The Kuiper Belt (pronounced "KAI-per") is a ring of space debris in the outer reaches of our solar system, a bit past Neptune.

Like the asteroid belt, it consists mainly of small bodies or remnants from when the Solar System formed. While many asteroids are composed primarily of rock and metal, most Kuiper belt objects are composed largely of frozen volatiles (termed "ices"), such as methane, ammonia, and water. The Kuiper belt is home to most of the objects that astronomers generally accept as dwarf planets, like Pluto (sorry Pluto). Some of the Solar System's moons, such as Neptune's Triton and Saturn's Phoebe, may have originated in the region.

In 1992, minor planet Albion was discovered, the first Kuiper belt object since Pluto (in 1930) and Charon (in 1978). Since its discovery, the number of known KBOs has increased to thousands, and more than 100,000 KBOs over 100 km (62 mi) in diameter are thought to exist. The Kuiper belt was initially thought to be the main repository for periodic comets, those with orbits lasting less than 200 years. Studies since the mid-1990s have shown that the belt is dynamically stable and that comets' true place of origin is the scattered disc, a dynamically active zone created by the outward motion of Neptune 4.5 billion years ago.

The Kuiper belt is distinct from the hypothesized Oort cloud, which is believed to be a thousand times more distant and mostly spherical. The objects within the Kuiper belt, together with the members of the scattered disc and any potential Hills cloud or Oort cloud objects, are collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian objects :trans-ferret:

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  • Cromalin [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    the poster formerly known as vladpoutine should just challenge the mods to a duel. if love wins, love gets to keep an account, but if the mod wins love most leave, never to return.

    • Quimby [any, any]
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      2 years ago

      ok. first one to ban the other wins.

      edit: looks like mods win.

    • REPRESSEDANGER [love/loves]
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      2 years ago

      Thank you for respecting my pronouns I feel like I have to default to he or her because I don't get taken seriously, not even here.

      Anyways since my accounts keep getting banned before I can FUCKING POST THEM @Quimby @WhyEssEff @Dirt_Owl

      The offer still stands, I will tell you every account I ever made to judge if you give me a chance since my account was banned without warning nor explanation. Otherwise I am just going to make throwaway accounts and keep making memes in hopes someone laughs at them. I'm the only other user who uses loves pronouns and I get banned because of that even though I was trying to work with the system but I guess it's rigged. The modlog is public and you can judge for yourself, I just went through it and I'm such a downer at this point I expect "Anonymous Moderator" to say this was banworthy.

      Please, I'm trying.