What is the difference between an asteroid belt and a Kuiper belt
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The main difference between the Kuiper Belt and the Asteriod belt is that the Kuiper belt is much larger in size and more massive (that is, it has more objects) and the objects in the Kuiper Belt are composed largely of various ices compared to the silicates (rocks) and metals of the Asteroid Belt.
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The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes but much smaller than planets, called asteroids or minor planets.
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