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scattered-disk object

scattered-disk 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-disk object

pluralscattered-disk objects

Questions about scattered-disk object

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

Words near scattered-disk object in the dictionary

  1. scattered showers
  2. scattered-disc
  3. scattered-disc object
  4. scattered-disc objects
  5. scattered-disk
  6. scattered-disk object
  7. scattered-disk objects
  8. scatteredly
  9. scatteredness
  10. scatterer
  11. scatterers

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