Kuiper Belt size and scale context

The Kuiper Belt is a broad disc of icy bodies beyond Neptune, marking the outer realm of the Sun’s main planetary system. It contains dwarf planets such as Pluto and countless smaller frozen objects, preserving material from the early Solar System in a region shaped by Neptune’s gravity and orbital resonances. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

DenebA-type supergiant star·280 million km
BetelgeuseRed supergiant star·1.05 billion km
VY Canis MajorisRed hypergiant star·1.98 billion km
Solar SystemPlanetary system·9 billion km
Kuiper BeltCircumstellar disc·16.5 billion km
M87*Supermassive black hole·38 billion km

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