Plutino

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5404.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5404. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Asteroids

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Any of the Kuiper Belt objects in or near the 3:2 mean motion orbital resonance with Neptune. This means that they complete two orbits around the Sun in the time it takes Neptune to complete three orbits. The 3:2 resonance acts to stabilize the Plutinos against gravitational perturbations by Neptune.The same resonance is also occupied by Pluto. `Plutino' means `little Pluto'. Approximately 35% of...

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