The
Kuiper Belt is the region beyond Neptune containing much of the same material used to form our solar system. Pluto is one of the larger bodies from this area, but it is also the home of the comets that frequent the inner solar system. The Kuiper Belt was proposed by Dutch astronomer Jan Oort back in 1950. However it is astronomer Gerard Kuiper who has his name associated with this belt. His predictions concerning comets from this region were not fully proven until 1992. So all of this is still recent science. And what about Pluto? It is the monster of ice planets? Actually, no. In fact, Xena holds this title. Read
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