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What's the difference between the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt?

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The Kuiper Belt is a cluster of icy objects at the edge of the Solar System. They are so far away from the sun that the temperature on the surface does not rise above -6 degrees Celsius. The Oort cloud is a spherical formation that unites comets.

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