The Invisible Earths
01- 2003 VB12: Sedna
02- AU
03- The Kuiper Belt
04- The Oort Cloud
05- Invisible Earths
06- Full System
07- Baby Worlds

03 - The Kuiper Belt

 

 

Sedna never comes close enough to be affected by the Sun, but it never goes far enough away to be affected by other stars, which is the case with comets that have been observed in the Kuiper Belt.

The Kuiper Belt is a disk-shaped region between Neptune and Pluto, between 30 and 50 AU from the Sun. It contains many small icy bodies and is considered to be the source of short-period comets.

 
Alan Lambert © 2013