trans-Neptunian object

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Noun

trans-Neptunian object (plural trans-Neptunian objects)

  1. (astronomy) Any natural object (usually a minor planet (asteroid) or a hypothetical planet) in the Solar System with all or most of its orbit outside the orbit of planet Neptune

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Hyponyms

  • classical Kuiper belt object
  • detached object
  • extreme trans-Neptunian object
  • resonant trans-Neptunian object
  • scattered-disc object
  • sednoid

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