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scattered disc object

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ID 658296 Last modified 17.12.2025
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Domain astronomy
  • Päikesesüsteemi väikekeha, mille orbiit asub kaugemal kui Neptuun ja on tervenisti hajusketta sees
  • any trans-Neptunian object whose orbit is wholly within the scattered disc
hajusketta objekt
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  • Osa Kuiperi vöö ning hajusa ketta objekte on võimalikud kääbusplaneetide kandidaadid.
scattered disc object
Usage examples
  • Although their origin is not completely understood, it is thought that scattered disc objects were previuosly members of the Kuiper Belt, which got ejected into eccentric, scattered orbits through close encounters with Neptune.
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