Plutinos

Found in the inner parts of the Kuiper Belt, plutinos are Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) that have orbital periods very similar to that of Pluto. Their orbits are stabilised against gravitational perturbations by the 3:2 mean-motion resonance with Neptune, meaning that they orbit the Sun twice for every three orbits of Neptune.


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