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cubewano
An object that orbits within the main Kuiper belt, between 42 and 46 AU from the Sun, beyond the distance at which bodies can be controlled by resonances with the outer planets. The first cubewano discovered was 1992 QB1 (nicknamed "Smiley").
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• ASTEROIDS AND OTHER MINOR PLANETS: TYPES AND GROUPS
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