An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Kuiper belt object (KBO)
  بر‌آخت ِ کمربند ِ کویپر  
barâxt-e kamarband-e Kuiper
Fr.: objet de la ceinture de Kuiper  

A → Solar System object belonging to the → Kuiper belt. The largest known objects of this type are → Pluto and its moon → Charon, → Quaoar, → Sedna, and → Orcus. See also → trans-Neptunian object.

See also: → Kuiper belt; → object.