Beyond Neptune's orbit

Dwarf planet Eris. Sol can be seen in the lower-right corner of this image.

There are many objects usually found beyond Neptune; the plutoids (Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris) and the smaller Kuiper Belt dwarf planets (including Orcus, Ixion, Huya, Varuna, Quaoar, and Sedna) are the best-known objects, but this is also the birthplace of the comets.

Comet mining stations in the Kupier Belt

Dwarf planet Quaoar.

Water is a valuable commodity everywhere but Earth, and some people get upset when pieces of the gas giants' rings go missing. A brave, hardy, and intelligent person can make a small fortune mining ice, or pushing cometary nucleii to the Inner System.

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