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scattered disc objects

scattered disc objects is the plural 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.

Questions about scattered disc objects

What is scattered disc objects the plural of?
Scattered disc objects is the plural of scattered disc object.

Words near scattered disc objects in the dictionary

  1. scatterbrainedness
  2. scatterbrains
  3. scattered
  4. scattered disc
  5. scattered disc object
  6. scattered disc objects
  7. scattered disk
  8. scattered disk object
  9. scattered disk objects
  10. scattered Kuiper belt object
  11. scattered Kuiper belt objects

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