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Kuiper Belt Object
see synonyms of kuiper belt objectNoun
1. kbo, kuiper belt object
any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Kuiper Belt Object
see synonyms of kuiper belt objectn. Abbr. KBO
Any of the small icy bodies orbiting the sun in the Kuiper belt, generally having a diameter less than Pluto's. Pluto is a large Kuiper belt object that was probably captured in its present solar orbit by an encounter with the planet Neptune.
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