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Pluto and other Dwarf Planets

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Pluto isn't the only dwarf planet in our solar system. Here is a list of some others.



July 2005 ||= 17.142° ||= 248.03 ||= Charon is called Pluto's Moon (but actually is a dual planetary system) - Pluto and Charon orbit around a common (barry) center. Pluto and Charon are also in "spin orbit synchronicity" - just as we never see the back side of our Moon, Charon always shows the same face to Pluto. || Haumea has two moons || Makemake has no known moons || Ceres is now in the class of Dwarf Planets ||
 * ~ **NAME** ||~ **DIAMETER**
 * kilometers** ||~ **ORBITAL**
 * INCLINATION** ||~ **ORBITAL**
 * PERIOD**
 * years** ||~ **NOTES** ||
 * ~ **Eris**
 * 2003**
 * UB313** ||= 2400 ±100 ||= 44.079° ||= 557 ||= Eris is 5% larger than Pluto. It also shows Methane on its surface as does Pluto. Note its extreme orbital inclination. It also has a greater eccentric orbit linking the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt. ||
 * ~ **Pluto** ||= 2,320 ||= 17.142° ||= 248.03 ||= Pluto, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona on January 23, 1930, is now recognized to be one of the Kuiper belt objects and was [|reclassified on Aug 24, 2006] into the new "dwarf planet" classification. ||
 * ~ **Charon** ||= 1,207.2
 * ~ **Haumea** ||= Pluto-size ||= 28.2244° ||= 283.83 ||= Haumea is oblong, near the size of Pluto in its long dimension
 * ~ **Makemake** ||= ~80% Pluto ||= 28.9989° ||= 306.74 ||= Makemake is about 75% to 80% the size of Pluto.
 * ~ **Sedna**
 * 2003 VB12** ||= ~1,700 ||= 11.932° ||= 11249.05 ||= Sedna lies beyond the KBO objects in the Oort Cloud ||
 * ~ **Orcus**
 * 2004DW** ||= ~1600 ||= 20.574° ||= 247.51 ||= Orcus has a nearly identical orbital size, orbital period (year) and inclination as Pluto, although tilted in the opposite direction. Like Pluto, Orcus also has a moon named Vanth. ||
 * ~ **Quaoar**
 * 2002 LM60** ||= 1260 ±190 ||= 7.982° ||= 286.93 ||= Quaoar is about one-tenth the diameter of Earth, about half the size of Pluto, and larger than the four primary asteroids combined. Quaoar has a near circular orbit and only a slight orbital inclination. ||
 * ~ **Ceres** ||= 975 x 909 ||= 10.587° ||= 4.603 ||= Ceres is the largest of the four Main Asteroids.
 * ~ **Ixion**
 * 2001 KX76** ||= ~822 ||= 19.598° ||= 250.05 ||= Ixion is near the size of Ceres. ||
 * ~ **Varuna**
 * 20000** ||= 900 ±140 ||= 17.181° ||= 282.04 ||= Varuna is near the size of Ceres. ||
 * ~ **Pallas** ||= 522 ||= 34.812° ||= 4.617 ||=  ||
 * ~ **Vesta** ||= 500 ||= 7.135° ||= 3.628 ||=  ||
 * ~ **Juno** ||= 244 ||= 12.992° ||= 4.357 ||=  ||

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