🌌 Asteroid Belt
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The Asteroid Belt is a giant “ring” of rocky objects that orbits the Sun.
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It is found between Mars and Jupiter.
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The asteroids are pieces of rock and metal—kind of like “leftovers” from the early Solar System that never formed into a planet because Jupiter’s strong gravity kept pulling on them.
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Some are small like pebbles, others are hundreds of kilometers wide (like Ceres, which is so big it’s called a “dwarf planet”).
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Imagine it like a “rocky traffic zone” in space!
❄️ Kuiper Belt
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The Kuiper Belt is much farther away, beyond the planet Neptune.
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Instead of rocks, the objects here are mostly made of ice, frozen gases, and rock.
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Famous members of the Kuiper Belt include Pluto (a dwarf planet) and other icy worlds like Eris and Haumea.
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Scientists think the Kuiper Belt is like a giant “freezer,” holding frozen leftovers from the Solar System’s beginning.
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It’s also the home of many comets that sometimes travel toward the Sun.
🚀 Easy way to remember
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Asteroid Belt = closer, rocky leftovers (between Mars & Jupiter).
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Kuiper Belt = farther, icy leftovers (beyond Neptune).
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