Scattered disc
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scattered-disc-179-8077830
title:
Scattered disc
text:
The scattered disc is a distant circumstellar disc in the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy small Solar System bodies, which are a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. The scattered-disc objects (SDOs) have orbital eccentricities ranging as high as 0.8, inclinations as high as 40°, and perihelia greater than 30 astronomical units. These extreme orbits are thought to be the result of gravitational "scattering" by the gas giants, and the objects continue to be subj
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Collection of bodies in the extreme Solar System
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scattered_disc
date created:
2005-09-20T22:38:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T23:41:24Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16