单词 | kuiper belt object |
释义 | > as lemmasKuiper belt object Kuiper belt object n. an object orbiting the sun in the Kuiper belt; (also) one believed to have originated in the belt, even though its present orbit is outside it; abbreviated KBO; cf. Plutino n. ΚΠ 1992 Newsday (N.Y.) 15 Sept. 17/3 We have the first detection of a Kuiper belt object. 1996 Sci. Amer. May 37/1 Each of the Kuiper belt objects is millions of times fainter than can be seen with the naked eye. 2006 New Yorker 24 July 50/1 The case for ten planets accepts Pluto and considers the largest Kuiper Belt object..as the tenth planet, since it is larger than Pluto. < as lemmas |
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