plutino

English

Etymology

From Plut(o) +‎ -ino, meaning “little Pluto” (compare neutrino); coined by David C. Jewitt et al.

Noun

plutino (plural plutinos)

1. (astronomy) Any of several planetoids in the Kuiper Belt that have orbits similar to Pluto in that they have a resonance of 3:2 with that of Neptune

Translations

planetoid

• Finnish: plutino (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: plutino m

References

• OED 2006

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Italian

Noun

plutino m (plural plutini)

1. (astronomy) plutino

Anagrams

• plutoni