Solar System/Dwarf planets

A dwarf planet is an object that is massive enough to be made spherical by its own gravity but has not cleared its neighboring region of planetesimals and is not a satellite. There are currently five recognized dwarf planets:

  1. Solar System/Ceres
  2. Solar System/Pluto
  3. Solar System/Eris
  4. Solar System/Makemake
  5. Solar System/Haumea
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