• A trans-Neptunian object (TNO), also written transneptunian object, is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance...
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    An extreme trans-Neptunian object (ETNO) is a trans-Neptunian object orbiting the Sun well beyond Neptune (30 AU) in the outermost region of the Solar...
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    This is a list of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which are minor planets in the Solar System that orbit the Sun at a greater distance on average than...
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  • trans-Neptunian object is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune. The orbital periods of the resonant objects are...
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    a surface chemical makeup somewhat similar to those of other trans-Neptunian objects. Sedna has no detectable atmosphere, as its temperature is far...
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    bimodal distribution of the nodal distances of the extreme trans-Neptunian objects: avoiding a trans-Plutonian planet or just plain bias?". Monthly Notices...
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    This is a list of unnumbered trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) first observed since 1993 and grouped by the year of principal provisional designation. The...
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    Sun, but are currently too far away to be observed by telescope. Trans-Neptunian objects are typically announced publicly months or years after their discovery...
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    Sedna (76.2–937 AU) was the first extreme trans-Neptunian object to be discovered. It is a large, reddish object, and takes ~11,400 years to complete one...
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    Hills cloud or Oort cloud objects, are collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). Pluto is the largest and most massive member of the Kuiper...
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    objects are a dynamical class of minor planets in the outer reaches of the Solar System and belong to the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs)...
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    A sednoid is a trans-Neptunian object with a large semi-major axis and a high perihelion, similar to the orbit of the dwarf planet Sedna. The consensus...
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    enters the Solar System without threatening impact with other celestial objects appears in Ross Rocklynne's 1938 short story "The Men and the Mirror"....
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    the classical planets. The name "cubewano" derives from the first trans-Neptunian object (TNO) found after Pluto and Charon: 15760 Albion, which until January...
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    abbreviation P when it was considered the ninth planet. The other large trans-Neptunian objects were only discovered around the dawn of the 21st century. They...
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    120347 Salacia (category Binary trans-Neptunian objects)
    Salacia (minor-planet designation: 120347 Salacia) is a large trans-Neptunian object (TNO) and possible dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, approximately...
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    number of smaller objects of historical or scientific interest, such as comets and near-Earth objects. Many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) have been discovered;...
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    size to Pluto's moon Charon, making it the fifth-largest known trans-Neptunian object (apart possibly from Charon). It may be sufficiently massive to...
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    541132 Leleākūhonua (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    (/ˌlɛleɪɑːˌkuːhoʊˈnuːə/) (provisional designation 2015 TG387) is an extreme trans-Neptunian object and sednoid in the outermost part of the Solar System. It was first...
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    bodies, which are a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. The scattered-disc objects (SDOs) have orbital eccentricities ranging as high...
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  • The following is a partial list of unnumbered trans-Neptunian objects for principal designations assigned within 2020. As of April 2022, it contains a...
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    Haumea (category Trans-Neptunian objects)
    dwarf planet. Nominal estimates make it the third-largest known trans-Neptunian object, after Eris and Pluto, and approximately the size of Uranus's moon...
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    2017 OF201 (category Centaur and trans-Neptunian object stubs)
    2017 OF201 is an extreme trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet candidate, estimated to be at least 550 kilometres (340 miles) in diameter. With an absolute...
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    (532037) 2013 FY27 (category Trans-Neptunian objects)
    (532037) 2013 FY27 (provisional designation 2013 FY27) is a trans-Neptunian object and binary system that belongs to the scattered disc (like Eris). Its...
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  • dwarf planets and many types of small bodies (comets, asteroids, trans-Neptunians, etc.), as well as some abstract concepts (like the Termination Shock...
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    remain classified as a planet. Eris (then known as 2003 UB313), a trans-Neptunian object, was discovered in January 2005; it was thought to be slightly larger...
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    Freeman Dyson proposed that trans-Neptunian objects, rather than planets, are the major potential habitat of life in space. Several hundred billion to...
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    2012 VP113 (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    2012 VP113 is a trans-Neptunian object of the sednoid population, located in the outermost reaches of the Solar System. It was first observed on 5 November...
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  • The following is a partial list of unnumbered trans-Neptunian objects for principal designations assigned within 2014. As of April 2022, it contains a...
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    (55565) 2002 AW197 (category Minor planet object articles (numbered))
    (provisional designation 2002 AW197) is a classical, non-resonant trans-Neptunian object from the Kuiper belt in the outermost region of the Solar System...
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