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kuiperoids

kuiperoids is the plural of kuiperoid.

Meaning of kuiperoid

Noun

kuiperoid (plural kuiperoids)

  1. A Kuiper belt object, such as Pluto
    • I'm fascinated by the relatively small "ice balls" in the very outer part of the solar system. I have often wondered what bodies lay out there fainter than 17th magnitude, the limit of the plates I took at Lowell Observatory. May I suggest we call this new class of objects "Kuiperoids"?1994 December, Clyde Tombaugh, “The Last Word”, Letters to the Editor, in Sky & Telescope, page 8

Questions about kuiperoids

What is kuiperoids the plural of?
Kuiperoids is the plural of kuiperoid.

Words near kuiperoids in the dictionary

  1. Kuiper Belt objects
  2. Kuiper belts
  3. Kuiper cliff
  4. kuiperoid
  5. kuiperoidal
  6. kuiperoids
  7. Kuipers
  8. Kuiperses
  9. kuirdak
  10. kuisagaru
  11. Kuitsh

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