Kuiper Belt

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A ring of small, icy objects that surrounds the Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune. Postulated by American astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper in 1952, it is thought to be the birthplace of comets whose periods are less than 200 years, such as Halley's Comet.