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Line 12: + − [[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>+
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Some astronomers object to defining SDOs as a separate class from Kuiper belt objects (KBOs). They have coined the term "scattered Kuiper belt object" (SKBO) to refer to this class of objects.<ref name=Jewitt>Jewitt, David. "[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/kb/kb-scattered.html Scattered Kuiper Belt Objects (SKBOs)]." Institute for Astronomy, July 2000. Accessed June 23, 2008.</ref>
Some astronomers object to defining SDOs as a separate class from Kuiper belt objects (KBOs). They have coined the term "scattered Kuiper belt object" (SKBO) to refer to this class of objects.<ref name=Jewitt>Jewitt, David. "[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/kb/kb-scattered.html Scattered Kuiper Belt Objects (SKBOs)]." Institute for Astronomy, July 2000. 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]]]]
== 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>
== Origin of the Scattered Disk ==
== Origin of the Scattered Disk ==