Glossary term: Objeto transneptuniano
Description: Los objetos transneptunianos (OTN) son una clase de objetos pequeños y planetas enanos que orbitan alrededor del Sol más allá de la órbita de Neptuno. Se definen por tener una distancia típica al Sol (el semieje mayor de su órbita) superior a la distancia típica de Neptuno al Sol (30.1 unidades astronómicas o distancias Tierra-Sol). Se conocen más de 2000 OTN. La mayoría pertenecen al Cinturón de Kuiper, aunque los objetos más distantes forman parte de una población denominada disco disperso.
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In Other Languages
- Árabe: الجرم الوراء نبتوني
- Alemán: Transneptunisches Objekt
- Inglés: Trans-Neptunian Object
- Francés: Objet transneptunien
- Italiano: Oggetto trans-nettuniano
- Japonés: 太陽系外縁天体 (external link)
- Nepalí: ट्रान्स-नेप्च्युनियन वस्तु / वरुण पारका वस्तु
- Portugués de Brasil: Objeto transnetuniano
- Chino simplificado: 外海王星天体
- Chino tradicional: 外海王星天體
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