kuiperoidal

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English

Etymology

From kuiperoid +‎ -al.

Adjective

kuiperoidal (not comparable)

  1. (astronomy) Pertaining to Kuiper belt objects
    • 2000 June 29, Gorkavyi, Ozernoy, Taidakova, Mather, “Distribution of dust from Kuiper belt objects”, in arXiv.org, arXiv:astro-ph/0006435v1:
      The simulated kuiperoidal dust, in addition to asteroidal and cometary dust, might represent a third possible source of the zodiacal light in the Solar system.