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Comets travel in orbits around the Sun. Some comets take less than 200 years to orbit the Sun. They are called short-period comets. Short-period comets are thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt, which is a belt of icy objects just beyond the orbit of the planet______ . The dwarf planet _____is located in this belt.

1.A:Earth
B:Jupiter
C:Mercury
D:Neptune

2.A:Neptune
B:Pluto
C:Saturn
D:Uranus

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1.Neptune

2.Pluto

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Comets travel in orbits around the Sun. Some comets take less than 200 years to orbit the Sun. They are called short-period comets. Short-period comets are thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt, which is a belt of icy objects just beyond the orbit of the planet NEPTUNE. The dwarf planet PLUTO is located in this belt.

Step-by-step explanation:

Comets are composed of ice, dust and gas. Comets are categorized into two kinds: short period comets (P < 200 years) which come from Kuiper belt and long period comets (P >200 years) come from Oort clouds.

Kuiper belt resides beyond the orbit of the planet Jupiter. Kuiper belt contains many objects Comets, asteroids and dwarf planets. Pluto which is a dwarf planet is located in Kuiper belt. Earlier it was considered as a planet but demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006.

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