plutino
plutino · plutinos
плутино
Any planetoid in the Kuiper belt whose orbit, like that of Pluto, has a resonance of…Any planetoid in the Kuiper belt whose orbit, like that of Pluto, has a resonance of 3:2 with that of Neptune.
Meaning
1 sensesAny planetoid in the Kuiper belt whose orbit, like that of Pluto, has a resonance of 3:2 with that of Neptune.
плути́ноplutíno
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
planetoid in orbit with 3:2 resonance to that of Neptune:
Origin
From Plut(o) + -ino (“diminutive suffix”), meaning "little Pluto" (compare neutrino); coinFrom Plut(o) + -ino (“diminutive suffix”), meaning "little Pluto" (compare neutrino); coined by David C. Jewitt, et al.
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