While a Plutino completes 2 orbits around the Sun in the time it takes Neptune to complete 3 orbits, a Twotino makes 1 orbit around the Sun in the time it takes Neptune to complete 2 orbits. Use of the term "Twotino" is relatively rare compared with the term "Plutino", and there are many more Plutinos. The centaurs are a class of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune, named after the mythical race of centaurs. ... A trans-Neptunian object (TNO) is any object in the solar system with all or most of its orbit beyond that of Neptune. ... Artists rendering of the Kuiper Belt and more distant Oort cloud. ... In astronomy, a plutino is a Pluto-like object, insofar as it has the same relative orbit as Pluto. ... A cubewano is any substantial Kuiper belt object, orbiting beyond about 41 AU and not controlled by resonances with the outer planets. ... A scattered disk object (or scattered disc object or SDO) is a trans-Neptunian object of the Kuiper belt with a very eccentric orbit. ... This image is an artists rendering of the Oort cloud and the Kuiper Belt. ... In astronomy, a plutino is a Pluto-like object, insofar as it has the same relative orbit as Pluto. ... In astronomy, a plutino is a Pluto-like object, insofar as it has the same relative orbit as Pluto. ... In astronomy, a plutino is a Pluto-like object, insofar as it has the same relative orbit as Pluto. ...
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