Orbits of some large TNOs

Identification of orbits outward from the Sun (black asterisk at center):

• inner planets (solid green lines)
• (1) Ceres, largest asteroid (solid red line)
• jovian planets (solid black lines)
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
• Pluto and plutinos (red)
  • Pluto (solid red line)
  • (28978) Ixion (dotted red line)
• cubewanos (blue)
  • (50000) Quaoar (solid blue line)
  • (20000) Varuna (dashed blue line)
  • (55636) 2002 TX300 (dashed-dotted blue line)
  • (55565) 2002 AW197 (dotted blue line)
  • (55637) 2002 UX25 (dotted blue line)
• scattered disk objects (black)
  • 2002 TC302 (dashed black line) (in the 2:5 resonance with Neptune)
  • (42301) 2001 UR163 (dotted black line)

Tick marks on the margin are at spacings of 20 AU.

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© 2002, 2003 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 10 May 2003.
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