Plutino
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PlutoOrigin of Pluto and its moons…named this group of objects Plutinos (“little Plutos”).
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Kuiper beltOrbital subpopulations…these objects have been dubbed Plutinos.Hot classicals: KBOs with inclinations drawn from a wide distribution (about 16°) and with perihelion distances of between 35 and 40 AU (5.2 billion and 6 billion km [3.3 billion and 3.7 billion miles]). The hot classical population consists of approximately 120,000 objects with…
Read More…these objects have been dubbed Plutinos.Hot classicals: KBOs with inclinations drawn from a wide distribution (about 16°) and with perihelion distances of between 35 and 40 AU (5.2 billion and 6 billion km [3.3 billion and 3.7 billion miles]). The hot classical population consists of approximately 120,000 objects with…
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