What does "cubewano" mean?

Any Kuiper belt object whose orbit is not determined by resonance with Neptune (orbit ~ 40-50 AU).

What is a synonym for "cubewano"?

Common synonyms include: classical kuiper belt object, classical kuiper belt object.

Pronounced //ˌkjuːbiːˈwʌnoʊ//.

//ˌkjuːbiːˈwʌnoʊ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

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Any Kuiper belt object whose orbit is not determined by resonance with Neptune (orbit ~ 40-50 AU).

From acronym of QB1 + -o. Derived from QB1 ("cue bee one"), short for (15760) 1992 QB1, the first such object discovered

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