What Is a Plutino

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Multiple Choice

What is a plutino?

• A) any object in a 2:3 orbital resonance with Pluto
• B) any object in the same orbit as Pluto
• C) any object in an orbit outside that of Pluto
• D) any object beyond the orbit of Neptune that has enough mass to assume a spherical shape

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