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This simulated view from above the Solar System shows the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (in green). The tiny turquoise and purple dots outside Neptune's orbit show the positions of some of the hundreds of known Kuiper Belt Objects.
Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

The tiny blue and purple dots in this picture show where Kuiper Belt Objects are. See how they are out past Neptune, near Pluto?
Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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This simulated view from above the Solar System shows the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (in green). The tiny turquoise and purple dots outside Neptune's orbit show the positions of some of the hundreds of known Kuiper Belt Objects. Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

The tiny blue and purple dots in this picture show where Kuiper Belt Objects are. See how they are out past Neptune, near Pluto? Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

The tiny blue and purple dots in this picture show where Kuiper Belt Objects are. See how they are out past Neptune, near Pluto? Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

This simulated view from above the Solar System shows the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (in green). The tiny turquoise and purple dots outside Neptune's orbit show the positions of some of the hundreds of known Kuiper Belt Objects.
Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

The tiny blue and purple dots in this picture show where Kuiper Belt Objects are. See how they are out past Neptune, near Pluto?
Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

The tiny blue and purple dots in this picture show where Kuiper Belt Objects are. See how they are out past Neptune, near Pluto?
Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.