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A Plutino is a Pluto-like object, insofar as it has the same relative orbit as Pluto. These orbits are stabilized by a 3:2 resonance with Neptune. Plutinos form the inner part of the Kuiper Belt.

See http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/kb/plutino.html

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Last edited August 29, 2001 5:29 am by Lee Daniel Crocker (diff)
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