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Different Classifications of Solar System Objects

Different Classifications of Solar System Objects
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Description: Some of the definitions of the different types of objects in the
solar system overlap. For example, the largest asteroids are also
classified as dwarf planets; various trans-Neptunian objects
(TNOs) are asteroids or comets; some comets are satellites of
Jupiter; some Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) are satellites of other
KBOs. Furthermore, TNOs exist in two groups: KBOs and
Oort cloud bodies. Some moons are as large as dwarf planets.
Indeed, some moons are as large as small planets
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