Multiple Choice
The Kuiper belt is:
A) a spherical solar system halo of icy objects far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
B) a flat region just outside the orbit of Neptune in which icy and rocky objects circle the Sun.
C) the collection of both rocky and icy objects orbiting the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
D) the swarm of small satellites around Jupiter made from ice and dust.
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