Question

Q. The word ‘Kuiper Belt’ is sometimes mentioned in media in reference to

• A. A geological period in the history of the Indian subcontinent
• B. Ring of icy bodies in the solar system
• C. A cave system found in South India
• D. An area where fossils of dinosaurs found

Answer 1

The correct option is B Ring of icy bodies in the solar system

Explanation:

• The Kuiper Belt is a ring of icy bodies just outside of Neptune’s orbit. Pluto is the most famous Kuiper Belt Object.
• The Kuiper Belt is a disc-shaped region beyond Neptune that extends from about 30 to 55 Astronomical Units. This distant region is probably populated with hundreds of thousands of icy bodies larger than 100 km across and an estimated trillion or more comets.
• The Kuiper Belt is named after a scientist named Gerard Kuiper. In 1951 he had the idea that a belt of icy bodies might have existed beyond Neptune when the solar system formed.