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- adj. Lying beyond the orbit of the planet Neptune (especially with regard to planetary bodies).
- adj. Located beyond the rim of the solar system.
Examples
“Using this remote sensing data, I make a sample of ice under conditions that exist in the outer Solar System, such as on the surface of Europa, Enceladus, or a trans-Neptunian object.”
“The objects within the Kuiper belt, together with the members of the scattered disc and any potential Hills cloud or Oort cloud objects, are collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).”
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“The trans-Neptunian objects are members of the solar system like the planets and asteroids, but are too small and distant to have been detected until very recently.”
“Pluto was the first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered in 1930.”
“Since 1992, nearly a thousand trans-Neptunian objects have been observed.”
“Or do they all become just "trans-Neptunian objects"?”
“Many trans-Neptunian objects are binaries -- two bodies with similar masses that orbit each other.”
“Recently, scientists discovered the first trans-Neptunian object known to be larger than Pluto, 2003 UB313.”
“Pluto and Charon and their trans-Neptunian cousins taunting us with their unknown composition.”
“Tombaugh, who died in 1997, discovered Pluto on February 18, 1930, while searching the skies for what forecast to be "a trans-Neptunian planet also called Planet X, which had been predicted by Percival Lowell and William Pickering.”
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