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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Ceres'''
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Pluto'''
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Ceres]] is a [[Dwarf Planet]] found in the [[Asteroid Belt]].
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Pluto]] is a [[Dwarf Planet]] found beyond the [[orbit]] of [[Neptune]].
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Revision as of 14:09, 2 November 2018

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Meaning

A Dwarf Planet is a large lump of rock orbiting a star that has enough gravity to be round, but not enough to have cleared its orbit of other objects.

About Dwarf Planets

There are several known dwarf planets in our Solar System. However, there may be many other Dwarf Planets that are too far away from The Sun to be seen.

Examples

Ceres Pluto
Ceres.png
Pluto.png
Ceres is a Dwarf Planet found in the Asteroid Belt. Pluto is a Dwarf Planet found beyond the orbit of Neptune.