Kuiper Belt Mysterious Objects
  • 1. What is the Kuiper Belt?
A) A type of asteroid belt within the asteroid belt
B) A region of space beyond Neptune containing many small objects
C) A cluster of planets between Mars and Jupiter
D) A group of comets near Jupiter
  • 2. What are Kuiper Belt Objects made primarily of?
A) Dust and sand
B) Gas and liquid
C) Metal
D) Ice and rock
  • 3. Which planet is located closest to the Kuiper Belt?
A) Earth
B) Saturn
C) Neptune
D) Mars
  • 4. How do scientists classify a Kuiper Belt Object as a 'resonant object'?
A) It has a retrograde orbit
B) It is composed mostly of ice
C) Its orbital period is related to Neptune's in a specific ratio
D) It has a highly elliptical orbit
  • 5. Which spacecraft visited a Kuiper Belt Object in 2019?
A) Cassini
B) Voyager 2
C) Rosetta
D) New Horizons
  • 6. What is the largest known Kuiper Belt Object?
A) Eris
B) Makemake
C) Haumea
D) Quaoar
  • 7. What famous dwarf planet is found within the Kuiper Belt?
A) Venus
B) Mercury
C) Uranus
D) Pluto
  • 8. What other celestial region is similar to the Kuiper Belt, but much farther away?
A) Oort Cloud
B) Scattered Disc
C) Galactic Halo
D) Asteroid Belt
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