dwarf planet
noun
: a celestial body that orbits the sun and has a spherical shape but is not large enough to disturb other objects from its orbit
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Its images of Pluto’s nitrogen-ice plains, mountain ranges, dunes and ice volcanoes showed the dwarf planet as a living world.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Stern thinks the dwarf planet distinction is nonsensical—an arbitrary parsing of cosmic definitions.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
This means Pluto is not considered a major planet like Mercury or Earth but instead a dwarf planet.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
Although Pluto has since been demoted to dwarf planet, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a law this year recognizing Pluto as the state planet of Arizona.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Stern thinks the dwarf planet distinction is nonsensical—an arbitrary parsing of cosmic definitions.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
This means Pluto is not considered a major planet like Mercury or Earth but instead a dwarf planet.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
Although Pluto has since been demoted to dwarf planet, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a law this year recognizing Pluto as the state planet of Arizona.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
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“Dwarf planet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dwarf%20planet. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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