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scattered-disc object

scattered-disc object is the alternative form of scattered disc object.

Meaning of scattered disc object

Noun

scattered disc object (plural scattered disc objects)

  1. Any trans-Neptunian object whose orbit is wholly within the scattered disc.
    • Short-period comets (those with periods up to 200 years) are thought to be scattered disc objects perturbed from their orbits towards the inner solar system by the gravitational pull of Neptune.

Forms of scattered-disc object

pluralscattered-disc objects

Questions about scattered-disc object

What is scattered-disc object the alternative form of?
Scattered-disc object is the alternative form of scattered disc object.

Words near scattered-disc object in the dictionary

  1. scattered Kuiper belt object
  2. scattered Kuiper belt objects
  3. scattered shower
  4. scattered showers
  5. scattered-disc
  6. scattered-disc object
  7. scattered-disc objects
  8. scattered-disk
  9. scattered-disk object
  10. scattered-disk objects
  11. scatteredly

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