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TheResonantTNO_73AU.svg‎ (SVG file, nominally 800 × 400 pixels, file size: 118 KB)

[edit] Summary

The distribution and classification of the trans-Neptunian Objects. Resonant objects plotted in red. Generated by a program written by Eurocommuter.

[edit] Main graph

The position of an object represents

its orbit’s semi-major axis a in AU (horizontal axis)
orbit’s inclination i in degrees (vertical axis).
orbital resonances with Neptune are marked with vertical bars; 1:1 marks the position of Neptune’s orbit (and its Trojan asteroids), 2:3 marks the orbit of Pluto and plutinos.

[edit] Classes & colours

resonant objects (including plutinos) in red
cubewanos, in blue
Scattered Disk objects, in grey

[edit] Objects

the size of the circle illustrates the object’s size relative to others:
- for a few large objects, the diameter drawn represents the best current estimates
- for all the others, the diameter of the circle represents the absolute magnitude of the object.

[edit] Data source

Minor Planet Center Orbit database (MPCORB) as of 2007-12-01. Resonant orbits' classification from MPC Circular 2007-W54 (2007-11-22). Diameter estimates include Stansberry et al (Spitzer). See refs in the related articles.

Description	TheResonantTNO 73AU.svg Resonant Trans-Neptunian Objects W3C ✓ The source code of this SVG is valid
Date	2006-09-15; upd: 2007-03-09, 2007-12-02
Source	Plotted by a program written by the author
Author	User:Eurocommuter
Permission (Reusing this image)	see Licence tag

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File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:34, 20 September 2008		800×400 (118 KB)	Chesnok (talk \| contribs)	(2003 EL61 = Haumea, 2005 FY9 = Makemake)
	16:59, 26 March 2008		800×400 (118 KB)	Chesnok (talk \| contribs)	(A name of an asteroid must contain space between year and letters!)
	17:28, 2 December 2007		800×400 (118 KB)	Eurocommuter (talk \| contribs)	(Refreshed data sources. Orbits: MPCORB database 2007-12-01. Types: MPEC 2007-W54 (2007-11-22). Sizes: include Stansberry et al (Spitzer))
	14:39, 9 March 2007		800×400 (114 KB)	Eurocommuter (talk \| contribs)	(An overdue datasource update (MPCORB: 2007-03-07))
	15:17, 15 September 2006		800×400 (121 KB)	Eurocommuter (talk \| contribs)	(Resonant TNOs. By Eurocommuter.)