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The Kuiper Steroids In The Solar System
Ever wonder what's out in our solar system notwithstanding planets and stars? Asteroids are part of the formation of the solar system that couldn't become planets. Between the planets Mars and Jupiter, there is the asteroid belt, which comprises a myriad of the asteroids in our solar system. The Kuiper belt is farther out than the asteroid belt, Pluto, a dwarf planet, is a part of the Kuiper belt. The Kuiper belt as well as the asteroid belt, still have many unknown points about their asteroids and origin that have nonetheless not been discovered and ascertained, but much can be learned from what has already been discovered. Asteroids, are small, inactive, rocky bodies, that orbit our sun. The orbit of asteroids is calculated by finding
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