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KBO

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ID 658530 Last modified 22.12.2025
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Domain astronomy
Kuiper belt object
KBO
  • Kuiperi vöösse kuuluv taevakeha (jäine asteroid, komeet, kääbusplaneet), mis tiirleb Päikesest kaugemal kui Neptuuni orbiidi kaugus
  • celestial body belonging to the Kuiper belt, such as bits of rock and ice, comets, and dwarf planets, that orbits the Sun at an average distance greater than the orbital distance of Neptune
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Kuiperi vöö objekt
Usage examples
  • Paljud astronoomid peavad Neptuuni suurt kaaslast Tritonit tõenäoliseks Kuiperi vöö objektiks, mille Neptuun on kinni püüdnud.
Kuiper belt object
Usage examples
  • The Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) are all small because they might have come together to form the planet had Neptune not been there.
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