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Neptune crossing

3:2 2:1Plutinos

classical KBOs

scattered KBOs

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50 1000heliocentric distance

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a=480 AUe=0.85i=12

q=76 AUQ=900 AU

P=10,500 yr

Where did it come from?-in situ formation

-scattered by modest-sized planet @ ~70AU-close stellar encounter

Where did it come from?-in situ

-scattered by modest-sized planet @ ~70AU-close stellar encounter

Where did it come from?-in situ

-scattered by modest-sized planet @ ~70AU-close stellar encounter-dense stellar birth environment

10 x 0.6) (5.1 Al) / Al( -5 2726

Myr 7.0 Mg Al 2626 ht