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New page: '''Trans-Neptunian Objects''' are objects that lie outside the orbit of Neptune. The objects are too small to have been discovered until only recently. Pluto was the first trans-Neptunian...
'''Trans-Neptunian Objects''' are objects that lie outside the orbit of Neptune. The objects are too small to have been discovered until only recently. Pluto was the first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered in 1930.<ref>http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/trans_neptunian_objects/</ref> The [[Kuiper belt]], [[Scattered disk]], and [[Oort cloud]] are names for three divisions of this volume of space.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/trans-neptunian-object</ref>
== List of Trans-Neptunian Objects ==
The list is long - a link to a website at [[Harvard]] with a list of Trans-Neptunian objects can be found here:<br />
[http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/TNOs.html List Of Transneptunian Objects]
== Notable Trans-Neptunian Objects ==
Pluto, dwarf planet<br />
Charon, the largest moon of Pluto<br />
(15760) 1992 QB1, the prototype cubewano, the first Kuiper belt object discovered after Pluto and Charon<br />
(15874) 1996 TL66, the first scattered disk object to be recognized<br />
(48639) 1995 TL8, the earliest discovered scattered disc object, and a binary
1993 RO, the next plutino discovered after Pluto<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/trans-neptunian-object</ref><br />
== References ==
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== List of Trans-Neptunian Objects ==
The list is long - a link to a website at [[Harvard]] with a list of Trans-Neptunian objects can be found here:<br />
[http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/TNOs.html List Of Transneptunian Objects]
== Notable Trans-Neptunian Objects ==
Pluto, dwarf planet<br />
Charon, the largest moon of Pluto<br />
(15760) 1992 QB1, the prototype cubewano, the first Kuiper belt object discovered after Pluto and Charon<br />
(15874) 1996 TL66, the first scattered disk object to be recognized<br />
(48639) 1995 TL8, the earliest discovered scattered disc object, and a binary
1993 RO, the next plutino discovered after Pluto<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/trans-neptunian-object</ref><br />
== References ==
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