plutino

English

Etymology

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

Noun

plutino (plural plutinos)

(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)

Italian: plutino m

References

OED 2006

Italian

Noun

plutino m (plural plutini)

(astronomy) plutino

Anagrams

plutoni

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