Astronomy:Cis-Neptunian object
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Short description: Astronomical body found within the orbit of Neptune
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A cis-Neptunian object is, literally, any astronomical body found within the orbit of Neptune.[1] However, the term is typically used for those distant minor planets other than trans-Neptunian objects: that is, all sub-planetary bodies orbiting the Sun at or within the distance of Neptune, but outside the orbit of Jupiter.[citation needed] This includes the icy minor planets known as centaurs[2] and the Neptune trojans.[3][lower-alpha 1]
Notes
- ↑ These are 2001 QR322, 385571 Otrera, 2005 TN53, 385695 Clete, 2006 RJ103, 2007 VL305, 2008 LC18, and 2004 KV18.[3]
References
- ↑ Remo, John L. (2007). "Classifying Solid Planetary Bodies". AIP Conference Proceedings 886: 284–302. doi:10.1063/1.2710063.
- ↑ "The Populations of Comet-like Bodies in the Solar System". 2003. http://star.arm.ac.uk/preprints/396.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "List Of Neptune Trojans". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/lists/NeptuneTrojans.html.
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