English Explanatory Dictionary

scattered disc

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A trans-Neptunian region of the Solar System that overlaps the outer edge of the Kuiper belt, but also extends far beyond it, and is populated sparsely by small Solar System bodies.

Word forms

scattered disc the scattered disc scattered-disc scattered-disk scattered disk

Related words

Kuiper belt Oort cloud sednoid

Derived words

scattered disc object SDO
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