Kuiper Belt
- Circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System
- Extends past the orbit of Neptune
- Around 30 to 55 AU from the Sun
- Consists mainly of small bodies or remnants of the early formation of the Solar System
- Most objects are composed largely of frozen volatiles ("ices")
- Home to three dwarf planets
- Formed with the Solar System
- Objects have highly elliptical orbits