scattered disc
Beyond the Kuiper
The scattered disc is a distant region of the solar system beyond Neptune, populated by icy objects with highly elliptical and inclined orbits.
These scattered disc objects were likely flung outward by gravitational interactions with Neptune during the early solar system's formation.
The dwarf planet Eris is the most famous scattered disc object.
The region overlaps with but extends beyond the Kuiper belt, reaching distances of hundreds of astronomical units from the Sun.
Distant ring of frozen objects
- trans-NeptunianBeyond the eighth planet
- ErisGreek personification of conflict
- SednaDistant minor planet
- dwarf planetsSmall orbiting spherical bodies
Greek personification of conflict
- SednaDistant minor planet
- binary systemsTwo-element organizational schemes
Releasing trapped gas
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
- nucleusCentral controlling part
Kuiper belt
Distant ring of frozen objects
- trans-NeptunianBeyond the eighth planet
- ErisGreek personification of conflict
- SednaDistant minor planet
dwarf planets · heliocentric · ecliptic · disk-shaped · remote region
Eris
Greek personification of conflict
- SednaDistant minor planet
- binary systemsTwo-element organizational schemes
perihelion
Orbital point nearest sun
- aphelionFarthest point from sun
outgassing
Releasing trapped gas
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- Space Regionsasteroid belt, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, heliosphere, interplanetary space
- TNOsPluto, Eris, Sedna, Charon, Albion
- heliosphereheliosphere, heliopause, termination shock, solar wind, magnetic field lines
scattered discasteroid belt
Planetary rubble orbit zone
scatter, scattered, disc, scattering, discs, scatters, diskette, discotheque, diskettes