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Kuiper Belt → Scattered Disk → Oort Cloud
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Oort Cloud → Scattered Disk → Kuiper Belt
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Scattered Disk → Oort Cloud → Kuiper Belt
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Kuiper Belt → Oort Cloud → Scattered Disk
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Answer
The closest outer‑solar‑system feature is the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy bodies that starts just beyond Neptune’s orbit. Further out, the scattered disk lies beyond the Kuiper Belt and contains objects on more elongated paths. The farthest known region is the Oort Cloud, a distant, spherical shell of comets that surrounds the Sun. Each region is farther from the Sun than the one before it. For instance, Pluto is a Kuiper Belt object, while long‑period comets that arrive from the Oort Cloud travel through the inner Solar System.
Detailed Explanation
The Kuiper Belt is just beyond Neptune and is the nearest of the three regions. Other options are incorrect because Many think the Oort Cloud is close because it is often mentioned first in books; This answer mixes up the Scattered Disk and Oort Cloud order.
Key Concepts
Outer Solar System Features
Kuiper Belt
Oort Cloud
Topic
Outer Solar System Features
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easy level question
Cognitive Level
understand
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