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How was the Kuiper Belt formed?

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The Kuiper belt was not formed per se but is a left over fragment of the initial formation of the Solar System.

The "left" over fragments conglomerated in orbit around the Sun. Unable to form into planets nor able to form moons because of their distance from a significant mass to draw them in, they became "ghostly" ice objects beyond the reach of any "solar" object.

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