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Cubewano

A cubewano is a main Kuiper belt object, orbiting beyond about 41 AU and not controlled by resonances with the outer planets.

The odd name is a back-formation from the first trans-Neptunian object found, 1992QB1 (nicknamed "Smiley"). Later objects were called "QB1-o's", or cubewanos.



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