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kiwithinker
pluto
1y
Why I'm Called - Pluto
Why I'm Called - Pluto
Do you know how Pluto got it's name?
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kiwithinker
STEMSpace
1y
Why I'm Called - Eris
Why I'm Called - Eris
Learn about Eris's name
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kiwithinker
STEMSpace
1y
Why I'm Called - Haumea
Why I'm Called - Haumea
Learn how Haumea was named
kiwithinker
STEMSpace
1y
Why I'm Called - Makemake
Why I'm Called - Makemake
Learn the meaning of my name Makemake
kiwithinker
STEMSpace
1y
Our Planets Found: Pluto
Our Planets Found: Pluto
Pluto, dwarf planet with heart-shaped feature
zathras
newslink
7y
Newslink: Dwarf Planet Ceres May Be Wrinkling As It Shrinks
Newslink: Dwarf Planet Ceres May Be Wrinkling As It Shrinks
The dwarf planet is apparently displaying some Mars-like behavior.
zathras
newslink
7y
Newslink: Scientists Reveal New Details of Dwarf Planet Haumea's Elusive Ring
Newslink: Scientists Reveal New Details of Dwarf Planet Haumea's Elusive Ring
The football-shaped dwarf planet Haumea, which is surrounded by an almost perfectly circular ring of particles, is the most distant ringed object in the solar system. Haumea's ring is too faint to be seen
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: Newfound 'FarFarOut' Is Most Distant Solar System Body Ever Seen
Newslink: Newfound 'FarFarOut' Is Most Distant Solar System Body Ever Seen
The solar system has a new distance champ. Astronomers just found an object that lies 140 astronomical units (AU) from the sun. That's 140 times the Earth-sun distance, which is about 93 million miles
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: This Week's Top Space Stories!
Newslink: This Week's Top Space Stories!
Saturn's rings are disappearing, a possible pink dwarf planet lies beyond Pluto's orbit and a faraway gas-giant world the size of Neptune is rapidly evaporating. These are just some of the top stories
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: Dwarf Planet Ceres Got an Epic Makeover from Wobbly Surface
Newslink: Dwarf Planet Ceres Got an Epic Makeover from Wobbly Surface
The wobbly surface of dwarf planet Ceres has shifted over the years, resulting an epic makeover of ridges and cracks, scientists say.
eforucom
astronomy
8y
Ceres (dwarf planet)
Ceres (dwarf planet)
Image Source    Ceres pictured by the Dawn spacecraft in May 2015 Ceres is the largest dwarf planet in the asteroid belt that lies slightly near the orbit of Mars than Jupiter. The diameter
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: Dwarf Planet Ceres' Bizarre Bright Spots Shine in Stunning Up-Close View
Newslink: Dwarf Planet Ceres' Bizarre Bright Spots Shine in Stunning Up-Close View
You may have seen the bizarre bright spots speckling the dwarf planet Ceres — but not like this.
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: Dwarf Planet Ceres Has Way More Organic Molecules Than Originally Suspected
Newslink: Dwarf Planet Ceres Has Way More Organic Molecules Than Originally Suspected
On the dwarf planet Ceres, organic molecules are more abundant than scientists originally suspected.
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: NASA Is About to Have Its Closest Encounter Ever with Dwarf Planet Ceres
Newslink: NASA Is About to Have Its Closest Encounter Ever with Dwarf Planet Ceres
A NASA spacecraft is about to get up close and personal with Ceres, a giant asteroid that also happens to be the only dwarf planet in the inner solar system.
zathras
newslink
9y
Newslink: Eris: The Dwarf Planet That is Pluto's Twin
Newslink: Eris: The Dwarf Planet That is Pluto's Twin
Eris, a distant world whose discovery led to Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet, was once proposed as the solar system's 10th planet.
zathras
newslink
9y
Newslink: Dwarf Planets: Science & Facts About the Solar System’s Smaller Worlds
Newslink: Dwarf Planets: Science & Facts About the Solar System’s Smaller Worlds
Pluto, the most famous dwarf planet, lost its planet status in 2006. Learn more about dwarf planets of the solar system here.
zathras
newslink
9y
Newslink: Distant Object 'DeeDee' Makes the Dwarf Planet Grade
Newslink: Distant Object 'DeeDee' Makes the Dwarf Planet Grade
New observations reveal that the far-flung object 2014 UZ224 (informally known as DeeDee, for "Distant Dwarf") is about 395 miles (635 kilometers) wide — big enough to claim "dwarf planet"

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