Located in a region of the Solar System beyond the planets (from 30 AU at Neptune’s orbit to circa 55AU from the Sun), the kuiper Belt, or Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt as many scientists prefer to call it, is similar to an asteroid belt though for greater in size, being 20 times as wide and potentially 200Continue reading “The Kuiper Belt”
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Facts About SUN
The Sun is a star like all other stars, just one that is much, much closer to Earth. It alone has more than 99.8 percent of the mass of the entire solar system. Its mass is 1,000 times that of Jupiter, the largest planet. All the other planets and smaller bodies that orbit the sunContinue reading “Facts About SUN”
