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How did Kenneth Edgeworth contribute to the prediction of the Kuiper belt?
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Kuiper belt
An artist's rendition of a binary object in the Kuiper belt. The two objects depicted orbit each other at the edge of the solar system.
The Irish astronomer Kenneth E. Edgeworth contributed to the prediction of the Kuiper belt by speculating in 1943 that the distribution of small bodies within the solar system was not limited by the distance of Pluto. His hypothesis suggested that a population of objects existed beyond the known boundaries of the planetary system at that time.1