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KUIPER BELT OBJECT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kuiper belt object mean?
• KUIPER BELT OBJECT (noun)
The noun KUIPER BELT OBJECT has 1 sense:
1. any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system
Familiarity information: KUIPER BELT OBJECT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
KBO; Kuiper belt object
Hypernyms ("Kuiper belt object" is a kind of...):
minor planet; planetoid (any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun)
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