kuiperoidal

adj

kuiperoidal

adj

Etymology From kuiperoid + -al.

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Astronomy, Natural sciences Pertaining to Kuiper belt objects

The simulated kuiperoidal dust, in addition to asteroidal and cometary dust, might represent a third possible source of the zodiacal light in the Solar system.2000 June 29, Gorkavyi, Ozernoy, Taidakova, Mather, “Distribution of dust from Kuiper belt objects”, in arXiv.org, arXiv:astro-ph/0006435v1:

Related terms: asteroidal

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