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- réad de chuid chrios Kuiper Reference "Faofa ag an gCoiste Téarmaíochta, www.tearma.ie Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex"
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- Kuiper belt object | KBO | Trans-Neptunian Object | TNO
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- Definition "celestial body belonging to the Kuiper Belt, such as bits of rock and ice, comets and dwarf planets, that orbits the sun at an average distance that is greater than the orbital distance of Neptune" Reference "COM-Terminology Coordination, based on:Space Center House > Home > Search > What is the Kuiper Belt? (20.1.2023)'trans-Neptunian objects (18.1.2023)', NASA STI Program, NASA Thesaurus, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC, 2012, p. 68"
- Comment Examples of the Kuiper Belt Objects are dwarf planets like Pluto, Eris, Makemake and Haumea.