"The Kuiper belt /\u02C8ka\u026Ap\u0259r/ or /'k\u00F8yp\u01DDr/ (as in Dutch), sometimes called the Edgeworth\u2013Kuiper belt, is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets, extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but it is far larger\u201420 times as wide and 20 to 200 times as massive. Like the asteroid belt, it consists mainly of small bodies, or remnants from the Solar System's formation."@en . . . .