3: Dwarf planets

Hi! It's me again! Today we are going to learn about dwarf planets.

A dwarf planet is an object which is of the size of a planet but it is neither a planet nor a natural satellite. They are also known as TRANS NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS. 

The properties of dwarf planets are:
•They orbit a star
•Are spherical
•May have moons
•Can have other celestial bodies orbiting them.

There are 5 dwarf planets in our solar system:
•Pluto
•Eris 
•Ceres
•Makemade
•Haumea

Pluto is the largest of all dwarf planets.

Fun Fact:
Pluto's moon Charon is half the size of Pluto!

Coming up next: Meteors, Meteorites, Meteoroids

From a space enthusiastic: Aashni

Comments

  1. AnonymousNovember 7, 2022 at 9:40 AM

    Lots of great information! Thank you!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 7, 2022 at 10:19 PM

    Very nice

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  3. AnonymousNovember 13, 2022 at 7:52 AM

    Hello, your research is indepth , can you please help ? When I was a student we were taught Pluto is our 9th planet but now they teach there are 8 planets. What is right. I am so confused

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    1. Aashni November 13, 2022 at 8:44 AM

      A planet has to have a clear orbit going around the Sun. Pluto has an orbit which enters the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper belt is full space debris. Since size of Pluto is smaller than usual planets so it has less gravitational force. Because of this pluto is not able to clear its orbit in Kuiper belt. Hence Pluto is not considered ninth planet of our solar system.

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  4. Dinesh November 15, 2022 at 2:43 PM

    Ok..well explained

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