plutino

Noun

Meaning

plutino (plural plutinos)

(astronomy) Any planetoid in the Kuiper belt whose orbit, like that of Pluto, has a resonance of 3:2 with that of Neptune.

Examples

For instance, it would severely deplete the plutino population. Source: Internet

The MPC defines any object with a mean orbital radius between 39 AU and 40.5 AU to be a plutino. Source: Internet

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