Scattered object
Within the Kuiper Belt are Kuiper Belt objects known as scattered objects.[1] Unlike the resonant objects they are not orbitally resonant with Planet Neptune. Unlike the classical objects, their orbits are highly eccentric, with long orbital periods.
References
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Maria Velea (2006). "Kuiper Belt" (PDF). Studiisi Communicar Bacau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2026-07-10. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
The objects discovered until now in Kuiper Belt have very interesting dynamic properties. They have a very uneven distribution of orbital elements, being thus divided in three distinct dynamic classes: classical objects, resonant objects and scattered objects.