- In astronomy, the
plutinos are a
dynamical group of trans-Neptunian
objects that
orbit in 2:3 mean-motion
resonance with Neptune. This
means that for every...
- Brown, Chad Trujillo, and
David Rabinowitz on 17
February 2004.
Orcus is a
plutino, a trans-Neptunian
object that is
locked in a 2:3
orbital resonance with...
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orbiting beyond Neptune in the
outer Solar System.
Ixion is
classified as a
plutino, a
dynamical class of
objects in a 2:3
orbital resonance with Neptune....
-
their Nearby Galaxies Supernova Search project. It is
classified as a
plutino with a 2:3 mean-motion
resonance with
Neptune and is
among the brighter...
- 1930. It
became the
namesake of a
larger group of
resonant objects called plutinos (another such
resonant subgroup are the twotinos). It took more than 60...
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Neptune (po****ted by
plutinos) and the 1:2 resonance. 50000 Quaoar, for example, has a near-circular
orbit close to the ecliptic.
Plutinos, on the
other hand...
- as
plutinos. Many
plutinos,
including Pluto, have
orbits that
cross that of Neptune,
although their resonance means they can
never collide.
Plutinos have...
- belt,
approximately 133
kilometres (83 mi) in diameter. It
belongs to the
plutinos, the most
populous class of
resonant TNOs. It was
named after Arawn, the...
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resonant subgroups, the
largest being the
twotinos (1:2 resonance) and the
plutinos (2:3 resonance),
named after their most
prominent member, Pluto. Members...
- they
never closely approach. For instance: The
orbits of
Pluto and the
plutinos are stable,
despite crossing that of the much
larger Neptune,
because they...
