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[[Image:Eris and Dysnomia.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Eris]], largest of all scattered disk objects found thus far, and its satellite, [[Dysnomia]]]]The '''scattered disk''' is a subset of the population of [[trans-Neptunian Objects]] (TNOs) characterized by [[apsis|aphelia]] beyond the strict limits of the [[Kuiper belt]] and often by highly eccentric and highly inclined [[orbit]]s.

{{OortKuiperSedna}}The '''scattered disk''' is a subset of the population of [[trans-Neptunian Objects]] (TNOs) characterized by [[apsis|aphelia]] beyond the strict limits of the [[Kuiper belt]] and often by highly eccentric and highly inclined [[orbit]]s.

== Definitions ==

== Definitions ==

== Population and Examples ==

== Population and Examples ==

The largest SDO found to date is the [[dwarf planet]] [[Eris]], shown above with its [[moon]], [[Dysnomia]]. As of June 23, 2008, about 220 SDOs have been identified, this although Trujillo, Jewitt, and Luu estimated in 2000 that as many as 31,000 SDOs would be found.<ref name=Trujillo>Trujillo C.A., Jewitt D.C., and Luu J.X. "[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/papers/SKBO/tjl2000.pdf Population of the Scattered Kuiper Belt]." ''Astrophys. J.'' 529:L103-L106, February 1, 2000. {{doi|10.1086/312467}} Accessed June 23, 2008.</ref>

[[Image:Eris and Dysnomia.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[Eris]], largest of all scattered disk objects found thus far, and its satellite, [[Dysnomia]]]]The largest SDO found to date is the [[dwarf planet]] [[Eris]], shown above with its [[moon]], [[Dysnomia]]. As of June 23, 2008, about 220 SDOs have been identified, this although Trujillo, Jewitt, and Luu estimated in 2000 that as many as 31,000 SDOs would be found.<ref name=Trujillo>Trujillo C.A., Jewitt D.C., and Luu J.X. "[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/papers/SKBO/tjl2000.pdf Population of the Scattered Kuiper Belt]." ''Astrophys. J.'' 529:L103-L106, February 1, 2000. {{doi|10.1086/312467}} Accessed June 23, 2008.</ref>

== Origin of the Scattered Disk ==

== Origin of the Scattered Disk ==