Wednesday, 3 June 2015

What is a Dwarf Planet?

Astronomers are constantly discovering new objects that they need to describe. In 2006, they decided on a new class - dwarf planets. These are small, almost round bodies that orbit the Sun in a belt of other objects. The solar System is also full of other small bodies, including moons that orbit planets, asteroids, Kuiper Belt Objects that form a flattened belt beyond Neptune, and comets.

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