• resonant trans-Neptunian object is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune. The orbital periods of the resonant objects...
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  • A trans-Neptunian object (TNO), also written transneptunian object, is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance...
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    classical Kuiper belt objects, also known as "cubewanos", the resonant trans-Neptunian objects with their main and higher-order resonant subgroups, the scattered...
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    objects free from significant perturbation from Neptune, thereby excluding KBOs in orbital resonance with Neptune (resonant trans-Neptunian objects)...
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    (55565) 2002 AW197 (category Minor planet object articles (numbered))
    AW197 (provisional designation 2002 AW197) is a classical, non-resonant trans-Neptunian object from the Kuiper belt in the outermost region of the Solar System...
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    This is a list of unnumbered trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) first observed since 1993 and grouped by the year of principal provisional designation. The...
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  • quarter of the known Kuiper belt objects. They are also the most populous known class of resonant trans-Neptunian objects (also see adjunct box with hierarchical...
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    bodies, which are a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. The scattered-disc objects (SDOs) have orbital eccentricities ranging as high...
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    (84522) 2002 TC302 (category Trans-Neptunian objects in a 2:5 resonance)
    David Rabinowitz at the Palomar Observatory in California. The resonant trans-Neptunian object stays in a 2:5 resonance with Neptune. It has a reddish color...
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    Neptune. There are also smaller but significant groups of resonant trans-Neptunian objects occupying the 1:1 (Neptune trojans), 3:5, 4:7, 1:2 (twotinos)...
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    objects are a dynamical class of minor planets in the outer reaches of the Solar System and belong to the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs)...
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    Planet Nine (category Hypothetical trans-Neptunian objects)
    explain the peculiar clustering of orbits for a group of extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs), bodies beyond Neptune that orbit the Sun at distances...
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    (82075) 2000 YW134 (category Trans-Neptunian objects in a 3:8 resonance)
    (82075) 2000 YW134 (provisional designation 2000 YW134) is a resonant trans-Neptunian object and binary system, located in the outermost region of the Solar...
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    (528381) 2008 ST291 (category Trans-Neptunian objects in a 1:6 resonance)
    (528381) 2008 ST291, provisional designation 2008 ST291, is a 1:6 resonant trans-Neptunian object located in the outermost region of the Solar System that takes...
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    number of smaller objects of historical or scientific interest, such as comets and near-Earth objects. Many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) have been discovered;...
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  • The hypothetical Planet Nine would modify the orbits of extreme trans-Neptunian objects via a combination of effects. On very long timescales exchanges...
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    (523794) 2015 RR245 (category Trans-Neptunian objects in a 2:9 resonance)
    (523794) 2015 RR245, provisional designation 2015 RR245, is a large trans-Neptunian object of the Kuiper belt in the outermost regions of the Solar System...
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  • (574372) 2010 JO179 (category Trans-Neptunian objects)
    (provisional designation 2010 JO179) is a large, high-order resonant trans-Neptunian object in the outermost regions of the Solar System, approximately...
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    M. (1 December 1995). "The Resonant Structure of the Kuiper Belt and the Dynamics of the First Five Trans-Neptunian Objects". Icarus. 118 (2): 322–340...
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    belt can be roughly divided into the "classical" belt and the resonant trans-Neptunian objects. The latter have orbits whose periods are in a simple ratio...
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    (42301) 2001 UR163 (category Trans-Neptunian objects in a 4:9 resonance)
    2001 UR163) is a resonant trans-Neptunian object and possible dwarf planet located in the outermost region of the Solar System. The object measures approximately...
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    Oort cloud (redirect from Oort cloud object)
    Kuiper belt, the scattered disc and the detached objects—three nearer reservoirs of trans-Neptunian objects. The outer limit of the Oort cloud defines the...
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    120347 Salacia (category Binary trans-Neptunian objects)
    Salacia (minor-planet designation: 120347 Salacia) is a large trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in the Kuiper belt, approximately 850 km (530 mi) in diameter...
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  • (495603) 2015 AM281 (category Trans-Neptunian objects)
    (495603) 2015 AM281 (provisional designation 2015 AM281) is a resonant trans-Neptunian object in the outermost region of the Solar System, guesstimated at...
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    definition of a dwarf planet is clear, evidence about whether a given trans-Neptunian object is large and malleable enough to be shaped by its own gravitational...
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    the bodily parts of mythical creatures. 472235 Zhulong, a resonant trans-Neptunian object discovered by the Pan-STARRS survey in 2014, was named after...
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    2013 FT28 (category Centaur and trans-Neptunian object stubs)
    axis, high perihelion extreme trans-Neptunian object that is anti-aligned with the other known extreme trans-Neptunian objects such as Sedna and 2012 VP113...
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  • (55638) 2002 VE95 (category Minor planet object articles (numbered))
    States. This resonant trans-Neptunian object is a member of the plutino population, locked in a 2:3 resonance with Neptune. The object is likely of primordial...
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    1998 WW31 (category Binary trans-Neptunian objects)
    1998 WW31, is a non-resonant trans-Neptunian object and binary system from the Kuiper belt located in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately...
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    2015 GT50 (category Centaur and trans-Neptunian object stubs)
    2015 GT50, previously known as o5p060, is a trans-Neptunian object orbiting in the Kuiper belt of the outermost Solar System. It was first observed by...
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