The region outside the orbit of Neptune in which a large number of objects composed of rock and ice circle the Sun not far from the plane of the ecliptic is called the
A) outer solar system.
B) asteroid belt.
C) Kuiper belt.
D) Oort comet cloud.

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The Kuiper Belt is the region beyond Neptune's orbit, filled with small bodies made of ice and rock. It is distinct from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and the more distant Oort Cloud.

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