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| − | '''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 | + | '''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 == | == List of Trans-Neptunian Objects == | ||
Revision as of 20:21, June 24, 2008
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.[1] The Kuiper belt, Scattered disk, and Oort Cloud are names for three divisions of this volume of space.[2]
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:
List Of Transneptunian Objects
Notable Trans-Neptunian Objects
Pluto, dwarf planet
Charon, the largest moon of Pluto
(15760) 1992 QB1, the prototype cubewano, the first Kuiper belt object discovered after Pluto and Charon
(15874) 1996 TL66, the first scattered disk object to be recognized
(48639) 1995 TL8, the earliest discovered scattered disc object, and a binary
1993 RO, the next plutino discovered after Pluto[3]
References
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