SOLAR SYSTEM

• Consist of the sun and the astronomical objects gravitational bound in orbit around it

KUIPER BELT

• Is a region of the solar system beyond the planets extending from the orbit of Neptune to approximately 50 au from the sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt but is much larger 20 times as wide and 20 to 200 times as massive.

OORT CLOUDE

• A hypothesized cloud of comets which may lie roughly 50,000 au from the sun.

ASTROMICAL UNIT

• A unit of length equal to about or approximately the earth sun distance apart.

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SPACE MISSION CLOUDSAT

• Gives good information

SPACE MISION GIMINI

• For fun and information