fourtino

English

Etymology

Blend of four +‎ plutino

Noun

fourtino (plural fourtinos)

  1. (informal, astronomy) Any astronomical object, on the edge of the Kuiper Belt, whose orbit has a 1:4 resonance with the planet Neptune.
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