dwarf planet
noun
: a celestial body that orbits the sun and has a spherical shape but is not large enough to disturb other objects from its orbit
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What planets will experience retrograde in December All of our solar system's planets, including Pluto, the dwarf planet, have retrograded this year.
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Carlie Procell, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
In fact, Pluto’s spin axis lies somewhere between the dwarf planet and Charon.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The dwarf planet of destruction and reinvention spent 14 years in Capricorn before beginning to tiptoe back and forth across the border to Aquarius last year.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
Pluto, now classified as a dwarf planet along with Eris, is just one of the largest among the scores of icy bodies that exist there — and doesn’t dominate its own orbit and clear the orbit of other objects.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Carlie Procell, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
In fact, Pluto’s spin axis lies somewhere between the dwarf planet and Charon.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The dwarf planet of destruction and reinvention spent 14 years in Capricorn before beginning to tiptoe back and forth across the border to Aquarius last year.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
Pluto, now classified as a dwarf planet along with Eris, is just one of the largest among the scores of icy bodies that exist there — and doesn’t dominate its own orbit and clear the orbit of other objects.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Dwarf planet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dwarf%20planet. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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