The Kuiper Belt is similar to the asteroid belt but much larger. Extending beyond the orbit of Neptune, it contains objects composed mostly of frozen methane, ammonia, and water. Most notably, the Kuiper Belt is home to Pluto, a dwarf planet that, until a 2006 reclassification, was considered the ninth planet of the solar system.
The dwarf planet Pluto is located where?
in the Kuiper Belt |
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outside the solar system |
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in the asteroid belt |
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between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn |