The Kuiper Belt has been known since the 1950s, but it wasn't until the 1990s that technology advanced enough to provide astronomers with the means to observe and detect Kuiper Belt objects.
Advances in telescope and imaging technology made it possible to detect faint and distant objects, and the use of powerful computers enabled the analysis of vast amounts of data. The discovery of the first Kuiper Belt object, 1992 QB1, in 1992, marked the beginning of a new era of exploration and discovery of the Kuiper Belt.
Is a region of the outer solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune that is home to thousands of icy small bodies, including dwarf planets like Pluto. It is believed to contain the source material for comets that originate in the outer solar system.
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