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scattered disc
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Scattered disc
The
scattered disc
(or
scattered disk
) is a distant
circumstellar disc
in the
Solar System
that is sparsely populated by icy
minor planets
, a subset of the broader family of
trans-Neptunian objects
. The scattered-disc objects (SDOs) have
orbital eccentricities
ranging as high as 0.8,
inclinations
as high as 40°, and
perihelia
greater than . These extreme orbits are thought to be the result of gravitational "scattering" by the
gas giants
, and the objects continue to be subject to
perturbation
by the planet
Neptune
.
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