This region has an inverse quartic brightness slope, and at a one-to-two resonance, it has a namesake "cliff."
This region has an inverse quartic brightness slope, and at a one-to-two resonance, it has a namesake "cliff." Divided into cold and hot populations, this region is home to Weywot and Quaoar. It is thought to be the source of centaurs and its outer edge overlaps with the scattered disc. Varuna, Haumea, Sedna, and other cubewanos lie in this region, which is also the source of short-period comets. It lies much closer to the sun than the Oort cloud, and is home to trans-Neptunian objects like Pluto. For 10 points, name this belt-shaped region at the edge of the solar system.
This region has an inverse quartic brightness slope, and at a one-to-two resonance, it has a namesake "cliff."
Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt 