Wikipedia: Plutino

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A Plutino is a Pluto like object, in as far as it has the same relative orbit as Pluto.

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.

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A part of the Solar System. in the Kuiper Belt of Trans-Neptunian objects.

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

A Plotino has always a 2:3 resonance with Neptune? What about a 2:5 resonance? (add this comment to /talk? later) joao

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

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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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