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kuiperoid

noun
/ˈkaɪpəɹɔɪd/

Etymology

Blend of Kuiper belt + asteroid, a name suggested by Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto.

  1. borrowed from ἀστεροειδής
  2. compounded as kuiperoid — “Kuiper belt + asteroid”

Definitions

  1. A Kuiper belt object, such as Pluto

    • As of mid-1995, more than 20 objects, dubbed Kuiperoids, had been discovered within the Kuiper belt. The first one (other than Pluto) was spotted in 1992.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for kuiperoid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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