Which statement about our solar system is false?

a. The Kuniper Belt is between Uranus and Neptune.

b. The Sun is the only star in our solar system.

c. Our solar system is made up of the Sun and other objects that orbit the Sun.

d. Dwarf planets have several other bodies in their path orbiting the Sun just as they do.

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Dakota Douglas

Physics

26 November, 13:53

Which statement about our solar system is false?

a. The Kuniper Belt is between Uranus and Neptune.

b. The Sun is the only star in our solar system.

c. Our solar system is made up of the Sun and other objects that orbit the Sun.

d. Dwarf planets have several other bodies in their path orbiting the Sun just as they do.

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Declan Romero · Answer 1

The statement that the Kuniper Belt is between Uranus and Neptune is False about the Solar System

Explanation:

Kuniper belt is also known as The EdgeWorth is a region of solar system which is beyond the orbit of Neptune.

It is said to be the home of asteroids, comets and many small ice bodies

In the year 1951 a scientist named Gerard Kuiper discovered a belt of ice bodies that existed beyond the Neptune and the term Kuniper belt was named after his discovery. The Moons of the Solar system like Neptune's Triton and Saturn's Phoebe are said to have originated from the Kuniper belt