冥めい王おう星せい型がた天てん体たい

Kanji

• 冥dark
• 王king, rule, magnate
• 星star, spot, dot
• 型mould, type, model
• 天heavens, sky, imperial
• 体body, substance, object

Similar words

• 準じゅん惑わく星せい

  冥王星型天体 is a subclass of 準惑星 (dwarf planet); all plutoids are dwarf planets, but not all dwarf planets are plutoids.

• 冥めい王おう星せい

  冥王星 (Pluto) is the prototype and most famous example of a 冥王星型天体.

Etymology

Compound of 冥王星 (Pluto) + 型 (type) + 天体 (celestial body), literally 'Pluto-type celestial body'. Coined as a translation of the English term 'plutoid'.