Usually means: Region of icy bodies, Pluto.
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  1. Kuiper Belt: Merriam-Webster
  2. Kuiper belt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Kuiper belt: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. Kuiper Belt, Kuiper belt: Wiktionary
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  7. Kuiper Belt, Kuiper belt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  11. Kuiper Belt: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Kuiper Belt: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. KUIPER BELT: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Kuiper Belt)

noun:  (astronomy) A region of space between 30 and 50 astronomical units from the Sun, roughly confined within a thick band around the ecliptic of the Solar System. This area is populated by many thousands of trans-Neptunian objects.
noun:  (astronomy) A type of asteroid belt, expected to exist in the outer regions of planetary systems, that forms an annular belt or disc around the system's center, lies beyond the region of major-planet formation, and at its outer extent may reach the inner region of an Oort cloud.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Kuiper belt [(astronomy) A region of space between 30 and 50 astronomical units from the Sun, roughly confined within a thick band around the ecliptic of the Solar System. This area is populated by many thousands of trans-Neptunian objects.]

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