Kuiper Belt
area of the Solar System beyond the planetary orbits comprising small bodies
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Summary
Kuiper Belt is a circumstellar disk[1]. It draws 11,270 Wikipedia views per month (circumstellar disk category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: Gerard Kuiper[3]
- Part of: outer Solar System[4]
- Commons category: Kuiper belt objects[5]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[6]
- Has part(s): resonant trans-Neptunian object[7], cubewano[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kuiper belt objects[9]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
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Influence
Things named for Kuiper Belt include Amazon Leo[11], a project[12], in United States[13], founded in 2019[14] and Kuiper Systems[15], a business[16], headquartered in Redmond[17].
Why It Matters
Kuiper Belt has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]
Entities named for it include Amazon Leo[11], a project[12], in United States[13], founded in 2019[14] and Kuiper Systems[15], a business[16], headquartered in Redmond[17].