What effect, if any, do the objects in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud have on the orbits or characteristics of the eight major planets?

Scientists think the outer Oort Cloud has no net gravitational effect on the solar system’s eight major planets, but the Kuiper Belt’s flattened structure likely causes Neptune’s orbit to change slightly.

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What effect, if any, do the objects in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud have on the orbits or characteristics of the eight major planets?

Magazine, Page 127 of 270

Solar System, Page 157 of 247

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August 2013 Issue