When I search it all of them have different planets and they seem a bit dated. Can anyone tell me where all the dwarf planets are, i know theres one between mercury and jupiter, and there's pluto are there anymore?
2007-09-28 11:37:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There are 3 official dwarf planets at this time:
- Ceres
- Pluto
- Eris
There are also 11 candidate objects - the final decision has yet to be made by the IAU on their designation.
By the way, between Mercury and Jupiter are several planets (Venus, Earth, and Mars) plus the asteroid belt (which includes Ceres).
2007-09-28 14:27:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
From what I understand there are over 20 dwarf planets...this includes Pluto since it got demoted. They reside in the outer solar system beyond Pluto and there are at least 3 of them that are the same size or bigger than Pluto.
2007-09-28 19:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by Prince Auggie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The three 'big' dwarfs are
Ceres Pluto Eris
Ceres is in the Asteroid belt. Eris orbits beyond Pluto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet
2007-09-28 18:53:45 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix Quill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering 'dwarf' is a not politically correct word due to racial discrimination all 'dwarf' planets have become real planets. There are none.
Perhaps Pluto is planetry debris
2007-09-28 20:46:42 · answer #4 · answered by Gotcha 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋