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What belts are beyond the Kuiper Belt?

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There are no know belts beyond the Kuiper belt, but there is the hypothetical Oort cloud.

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What is beyond the Kuiper belt in the solar system?
the Oort cloud.
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Did Gerard Kuiper discover the Kuiper Belt?
No, he theorized it.
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