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[edit] Meaningless edit to remove 1527 redlinks

Congratulations, this page is the single most redlinked-to from the main article space. Though commiserations, it is red no longer. :) Alai 03:35, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] scattered disc terminology

In the Trans neptunian objects subsection, I have changed Scattered disc to Scattered disc objects. There are several reasons why this is preferable:

1. Firstly, the primary source of the terminology comes from the expression "Scattered disc object" which indicates that the object's orbit is in a certain class. "scattered disc" is a derived term. In fact, many or most scattered disc objects spend a part of their orbit within the Kuiper belt.
2. The term "scattered disc" is then named after these objects, because at present they are the only ones known to pass through the region immediately beyond the Kuiper belt. However, if objects with circular orbits at, say, 80 AU were found, they would not be scattered disc objects, even though they would be in the region currently called the "scattered disc".
3. This all can be seen in the name itself. It's not that we have a disk that has been scattered, but that there are objects that have been scattered from the "disc" (of the solar system).
4. Lastly, aesthetically, though this slightly lengthens the text of the template, there is still much space on the second line anyway, so the template itself does not take up any more space.

Deuar 20:03, 25 August 2007 (UTC)